The GreenRoost Blog

I have quite a bit of of stuff in my house which used to serve a purpose but is now useless. Giving some of these items a second life requires some creative thinking. For instance - what to do with shampoos or hair conditioners that didn’t quite match my hair type?
I could leave them in [...]

Why?, you ask, since the store provides bags for you.  Or maybe you’re one of those well-meaning souls who takes them faithfully…and leaves them in the car.
BAYROC, the Bay Area Recycling Outreach Coalition’s BYOBag campaign website gives plenty of reasons:
1.  Each year the US consumes 30 billion plastic bags and 10 billion paper bags, which [...]

According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Americans own approximately 24 electronic products per household.  The EPA, along with concerned citizens and conscientious businesses, works to educate consumers as to why reusing and recycling products is important.
Electronic products are made from valuable resources, such as precious and other metals, plastics, and glass, all of which [...]

A while ago I bought a fairly large-sized gift for a friend’s baby shower. I brought the present home - and then remembered about the gift wrapping.
Coincidentally, just a few days prior to that I came across some facts on all the waste created by gift wrapping - close to 50 football fields of trash a year in the US [...]

We’re all trying to be healthier, well many of us anyway. It’s a hot topic right now (for good reason) and water is a large part of it – quality and quantity. If you can afford it, you might buy bottled water, especially if your tap water looks and/or tastes and/or smells funny. A lot [...]