It’s that time of the year again, say goodbye to gloomy winter days and hello to beautiful spring flowers. With spring time just around the corner, this means it’s time to bust out those mops for spring cleaning! This year, do both your health and your planet a favour by cleaning green. By “cleaning green”, we don’t mean mopping up all the green beer that was spilt on St. Patrick’s day. We mean making eco-conscious choices when it comes to the cleaning products you use….

The Waste Management & Recycling world is rich with industry specific terms. We’ve compiled a list of some obvious (Mixed Recycling), not-so-obvious (Cullet-not a cute mullet), and some stomach turning (Night Soil, trust us…) terms that you may or may not be familiar with. Enjoy! AAA Aerobic Composting A method of composting organic wastes using bacteria that need oxygen. This requires that the waste is exposed to air, either via turning or by forcing air through pipes that pass through the material. Anaerobic Digestion A…

E-Waste Electronic waste is only a small portion of total global waste, contributing 0.01 % to 3 % of total waste around the world, but it is growing at a rate two to three times faster than any other waste stream. The chemicals found in electronics are incredibly harmful to the environment and more people are realizing this. Luckily e-waste recovery rates are growing quickly, and many recycling centres and businesses will take your e-waste and refurbish it for future use or recycle it responsibly….

When it comes to recycling, most people immediately head for the kitchen, but there is actually another room in the house that is often overlooked as a prime location for recyclables: The bathroom. Go to your bathroom and take a look around. Look in the shower, in the cabinets and on the shelves. You’ll notice that your bathroom is full of recyclables that tend to get tossed in the trash. Many people have this idea that recycling is only for kitchen items but this isn’t…

“A lot of work goes into filming” is definitely an understatement to anyone who works in the film, television, and commercial industry. The amount of time, effort and resources that go into creating movies, TV shows, and commercials are pretty staggering. For everything that goes into creating entertainment of the visual variety, there’s a potential for a lot of waste to come out of it. The wasteful nature of sets has long been considered as a necessary evil, something that couldn’t be helped. With the…