Paper Towels - 3,000 Tons Of Landfill Waste Each Day
Posted on April 27, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
With over 90% of US households taking advantage of the convenience of paper towels we produce over 3,000 tons of waste each day. Is this problem insurmountable? No - if each home simply replaced one roll of their traditional paper towels with paper towels made from recycled paper, we could avoid wasting 3.4 million cubic feet of landfill space and prevent 864,000 trees from being cut down.
The Benefits of Recycled Paper Towels
By using recycled paper towels we are doing much more than just reducing landfill waste. According to Ideal Bite, “For every ton of 100% recycled paper that is bought, about 4000kWh of energy and 7,000 gallons of water are saved. It also avoids releasing 60 lbs of pollutants into the air.”
Read More..>>Thanksgiving Party Menu Ideas For A Traditional Thanksgiving Feast
Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under Food and Drink | Leave a Comment
Thanksgiving is a time where all the family traditions come out to share with friends and family. Here are a few tips for planning your celebration:
Many people spend the day, or more often just the afternoon, preparing their Thanksgiving meal. This meal generally includes the turkey, beets, mashed potatoes, stuffing, dinner rolls, candied yams, and of course dessert.
Read More..>>Chinese New Year Menu Ideas For A Delicious Chinese New Year Feast
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under Food and Drink | Leave a Comment
Tradition is how we have gotten many of our menu items for holidays. Chinese New Year is no different. Delicious Asian delicacies form a big part of Chinese New Year, and here are just a few ideas:
Some items you may find during Chinese New Year are a vegetarian dish called jai, whole fish, chicken, nian gao, rice pudding, and man tou. The menu items have more meaning than most foods available at a traditional New Year in the United States. The Chinese believe their food symbolizes many things. Among the symbolization of food is the attitude that the amount of food prepared shows abundance and wealth for the household.
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