We often hear about the all the environmental problems that humans have created and continue to produce on this planet despite overwhelming evidence showing us we need to change our habits. The current recycling rate in the US is only 34.5 percent and in Canada only 26.8 percent (cue dying pack-man sound), paling in comparison to Switzerland, the current leader in recycling, with a rate of 52 percent. Luckily for us, some eco-conscious individuals and organizations are taking great strides in creating green solutions for…

Photo Cred – http://hiconsumption.com/2015/05/tesla-powerwall/   Elon Musk is a man who wants to free us from our destructive dependency on fossil fuels. His company Tesla was the first to create an electric car that actually rivals the performance of many gas guzzlers, but costs have made it a barrier to replacing cars that rely on fuel entirely. The next big idea to come from Elon’s company to transition the world towards fossil fuel freedom is by pairing solar energy with rechargeable batteries, affordably powering homes…

Keep America Beautiful have just released the results of their “Recycling at Work” research study to figure out which combination of bins work best in an office environment. Conducted over a six month period in 2014, KAB used the study to help encourage more recycling in office environments, improving behaviors and habits to help increase the rate of collection. A total of 34 offices in Atlanta, Boston, Houston and San Diego were randomly given one the following recycling scenarios: Two equal-sized deskside recycling and waste…

Fashion comes and goes, clothes get worn, passed down, donated and worn until they’re worn out, to which they ultimately end up in landfills. What if there was a way to make clothes from sustainable materials that are long lasting, but also biodegradable? Leave it to the ingenuity of the people of Switzerland to come up with an answer to that question. Closing the Clothing Lifecycle Loop Swiss company FREITAG has come up with a range of materials that close the loop on the clothing…

Getting youth excited about recycling is something we are always glad to have the opportunity to be a part of. Just in time for Earth Day 2015, we picked two deserving high schools, Nantyr Shores and Nottawasaga Pines, whose faculty, students and maintenance staff have been working with the Simcoe Country District School Board to kick-start a composting program in their schools. Properly disposing of organic waste like food scraps has been garnering more attention of late as landfills vying for space and food waste…