5 Alternative Technologies Helping Manage Sewage Waste
Lots of recent innovation in waste management promises to improve efficiency and leave behind less of a negative footprint.
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Gearing Up For Eco-Friendly Gardening Time To Get The Greener Garden Going Now That Spring Is In Bloom
Now that spring has sprung, it’s time to get that eco-friendly garden into shape by battling bugs with bugs, using recycled pots, encouraging birds, composting with coffee grounds, an installing a rain barrel.
Are Paved Driveways Contributing to Stormwater Pollution? Getting Rid of the Asphalt Can Solve Our Runoff Woes
If you really want to be green, it may be time to think about digging up your paved asphalt driveway and replacing it with soil and native plants…
Nonpoint Source Pollution: Scourge Of Our Waterways
Unlike pollution from specific factories and other easily discernible ‘points’, nonpoint source pollution comes from many diffuse sources.
Water Smarts From super-efficient potties to a rain-barrel water-sprayer to a new way to enjoy your green roof
The RainPerfect rain barrel provides pressurized water for spraying collected rainwater on lawns and gardens and even for running low-pressure sprinklers…
From Rain to Garden Rain Gardens Filter Polluted Runoff—And Bring Added Beauty
Stormwater runoff is the number-one cause of water pollution and the greatest threat to our country’s estuaries. Rain gardens offer a beautiful solution.
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Homeowners can prevent pollutants from harming surface and groundwater by installing a rain garden, a pond-like recess shaped like a saucer or shallow bowl.