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Hands Dryer Abuse

Ever wondered what it takes to dry hands using a wall-mounted electric hand dryer? I never did until I started visiting a public swimming pool at the newly built Community Center nearby. Like most of the people, I always thought that hand driers were designed and built to cut down or eliminate the usage of ...

Calgary's Garbage Story

This is the story of Calgary’s garbage and why it’s just too good to waste. Every day we make decisions about what to do with the stuff we don’t need. Once it goes into the garbage it ends up at the landfill and ads up to the 40 million tons of trash ...

Dumpster Rental Different Charging Methods

 

The dumpster rental industry has various charging methods. Sometimes these methods can be very confusing for the customers. It would be so nice to have every dumpster company using one method of charging. For example if you call for a quote and you are told that your bin rental is a certain, fixed amount ...

Sustainable Materisals - Red Cedar

Western Red Cedar is one of nature's truly remarkable materials. Not only does it have distinctive beauty, natural durability and centuries of proven performance, it is the ultimate sustainable building product. It produces fewer greenhouse gases, generates less water and air pollution, requires less energy to produce than alternatives and comes from a renewable ...

Use environmentally friendly cleaning products.

Show true love to your community by keeping it clean and the environment safe!

If you step by at a local supermarket and check shelves with household cleaning products, I bet you will find whole arsenal of smelly, more or less toxic products that, according to advertising, are the best recommended to use for keeping ...

Dumpster Rental Marketing Metrics - Customer Aquisition Cost

It is common knowledge that Internet has made effectiveness of marketing effort far more measurable than ever before. However, many owners of roll off dumpster rental businesses are still struggling to find the right metrics that will show them the real contribution of marketing to the bottom line.
There are many metrics used today to ...

Take Action To Reduce Air Pollution.

Did you know that every year air pollution kills three times as many people as car collisions and road accidents? It causes acute and chronic respiratory diseases (bronchitis, asthma, lung diseases, sinusitis, etc.). The very scary fact is that air pollutions are responsible for 3,000,000! deaths worldwide every year.

Preserving the quality of ...

Leave Wild Animals Alone

When you visit wild places, do not destroy or remove protected plant or animal species. Find out more about them and discover how you can contribute to their protection and possibly restoration.

Every hour, at least two species of living things disappear from the planet. In the space of a century, more than 100 mammal ...

Air Pollution And Climatic Changes.

Some scientists believe that air pollution could permanently change earth’s climate. A major issue is global warming. In the past hundred years, earth’s average air temperature has risen about one degree Fahrenheit. Continued change could lead to thawing permafrost (frozen ground) in polar areas, rising sea levels, and warmer ocean temperatures, all of ...

Buy Green

To reduce your carbon footprint with regard to consumerism, think green. That means you should try to purchase items that are environmentally friendly and contribute the least to the problem of global warming.  This post outlines some of the specific ways that you can tailor your shopping habits to help keep the planet healthy ...