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What do I do with my old batteries from my home?

So you go to use the remote to change the TV channel and nothing happens. Changing the batteries within the remote will make it work again but what do you do with the old batteries? You should no longer put them into the bin but instead recycle them, let’s look at how. One of the easiest places to recycle your old batteries is the...

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How To Use Heat from Data Centers to Power Buildings

Mar 31, 14 How To Use Heat from Data Centers to Power Buildings

Posted by in New Ideas, North America

  Data centers make it easier and more cost-effective for businesses of all sizes to safely store their vital information. However, as the world’s data storage needs continuously increase, it has become necessary to build huge centers that require an immense amount of energy to operate. This is primarily because servers...

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Fireplaces & Their Effect On The Environment

It might seem a cruel piece of legislation to introduce at this time of the year, with winters icy hand lingering, but the Greek government have imposed restrictions on the use of solid fuel burning fireplaces due to the emissions and the smog clouds which choke the air as a result. More Greeks have been using solid fuel to create...

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Organic Gardening: Protecting from Pests and Protecting the Planet

While growing a garden is one of the most environmentally friendly activities you can engage in, you can cause more harm than good for the planet if you use chemical-laden substances to get rid of weeds and pests. Herbicides and pesticides can quickly spread and contaminate your soil and neighbors’ land, too. It’s...

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Can Energy Saving Products Save the World?

Nowadays, we are so used to having electricity that an hour long brownout would actually leave us whining. However, we also know the consequences if all our resources run out (and would leave us whining for all eternity), but the question is, are we doing something to avoid that day from coming? No? Shame. But hey, some people are...

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Eco Friendly Heating Options

As we should all be aware by now, heating our home can become very costly all too easily; not only in terms of money out of pockets, but the environmental impact humanity is having on our planet. When we heat our homes our heating systems are normally running off gas, oil or electricity, the first two of which are non-renewable and...

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