11 Best Alternatives for Paper Towels in Your Home

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11 Best Alternatives for Paper Towels in Your Home

Reusable paper towels are one of the most convenient ways to clean up your kitchen. However, they are also one of the most environmentally unfriendly things you can use around the house. When it comes to household cleaning, paper towels can make any job simple and easy, but in the long run, using a sustainable option is better for your household and the planet. There are so many wipes, single-use towelettes, and paper towels that you can purchase for household cleaning purposes. However, the convenience of these single-use cleaning options may leave your pocketbook hurting as much as the environment. 

You see, with sustainable options being what they are today, you may not realize just how easy it is to make your own single-use wipes and towelettes that can replace disposable paper towels. The trick to making the most out of every dollar you spend on household cleaning products is to find alternatives to single-use paper towels. Not only are recyclable kitchen towels a good idea, but they are also environmentally friendly, and customizable.

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List of Household Abrasive and Non-Abrasive Cleaners

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List of Household Abrasive and Non-Abrasive Cleaners

Household cleaners are necessary to keep your home clean and free from germs, bacteria, and viruses. However, you may not realize just how many types of cleaners you are using at home. Looking under your sink, there may be too many cleaning products to count. Regardless of your current cleaning situation, consider that you may be able to toss out unnecessary cleaners by learning more about what is really inside your cleaning products. 

Today, the average person may have up to 15 different cleaning products for just one room of the house. You may be interested to know that there are many ways you can make your own DIY household cleaning products. Before you start creating cleaning concoctions in your kitchen sink, take a closer look at the most common types of cleaning products you can use at home.

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Toxic Chemicals in Building Materials

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Toxic Chemicals in Building Materials

You may not be able to see, smell, or sense the toxic materials around you in any way, but that does not mean they are not there. Based on advanced understanding of synthetic building materials, the list of dangerous materials changes often. For that reason, it is important to know that based on the United States sustainable building certification program known as the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), these five of the most toxic building materials, you should avoid at all costs. 

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7 Ways Small Businesses Can Contribute to Environmental Protection

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7 Ways Small Businesses Can Contribute to Environmental Protection

A sustainable business practice has an impact not only on the business itself, but also its customers, society, and of course the environment. If you are a business owner, or you simply care about the environment, learning how to create, and maintain a sustainable business practice may help you in the long run. You see, regardless of the size of your company, you can develop sustainable performance that also helps you become more successful as well. Over time most business owners realize that companies that help protect the environment also protect their own profits. 

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How Can Large Companies Reduce Their Waste

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How Can Large Companies Reduce Their Waste

National and international companies have embedded waste reduction strategies into many of their processes, from local efforts like recycling paper, plastics, and glass to switching their packing materials to reusable or sustainable packaging that is eco-friendly.

Why are they doing this? Because the benefits of reducing waste go beyond following local, state, and legislation regulations to combat resource wastage. Being a good corporate citizen means embracing a sustainability outlook that goes beyond basic (often mandated) recycling and taking the lead, locally or on a grander scale, to combat resource wastage.

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How Can Recycling Help Small Business?

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How Can Recycling Help Small Business

Back it the day, large corporations were the only businesses that recycle. Smaller operations couldn’t afford the costs associated with purchasing bins and extra hauling fees. 

Luckily, times have changed. Recycling is now part of the business culture in most companies, even small ones. Many cities require paper and glass recycling and where they don’t, corporate landlords use trash services that include recycling and encourage (or even require) cooperation from tenants. 

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8 Tips for Improving Your Recycling at Home

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8 Tips for Improving Your Recycling at Home

Most of us have recycled paper at work and school and many large towns and cities provide recycling bins for regular pickups just like trash. Still, the national average recycling rate is only about 35%. We can do better. Here are 8 ways to recycle you can easily do at home and even when you’re away.

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Chemical Eye Burns: How to Treat Acid Injuries to the Eye

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Chemical Eye Burns How to Treat Acid Injuries to the Eye

Chemical eye injury is a relatively rare worksite injury thanks to protective eye gear and face shields that are standard issue in labs and many industrial job sites. Still, most injuries from chemical burn in the eye happen at work where there are eye wash stations and other first aid equipment nearby.

But what if it happens at home, where cleaning solutions, bug spray, cosmetics, and other products laden with chemicals are lurking, and where eyegear isn’t available or used? Here are tips on treating so-called “acid eye.”

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