A blister pack is a very common kind of primary packaging made of rigid plastic and a lidding material, used to pack a variety of small consumer items: toys, cosmetics, stationery, and of course, medicines. It is made of a cavity made in a thermoformed piece of rigid plastic, with a backing of paperboard or…
Are you looking for complete steps to make eco-friendly dish soap at home? This is probably the only post that you need to know the process. But why do we need to make eco-friendly dish soap? The Environmental Working Group is a worldwide community dedicated to informing everyone about human health and the environment. According…
Cleaning solar panels is not that hard. But, before you do anything, check the solar panels thoroughly for any damage- check the undersides for any exposed wires, as small animals might have gotten into them. Check the solar panel glass for any cracks, even minor cracks, and postpone your cleaning until they are fixed. First,…
You try your best to live a sustainable lifestyle, using as few resources and producing as little waste as possible. But it doesn’t always happen, and you do end up producing some waste. And that’s okay; it is complicated to go for zero waste in today’s world. However, it is important to manage the waste…
Ice cream is one of the most loved desserts around the world. Once a treat reserved for the wealthy, modern refrigeration techniques has made ice cream available for everyone. Ice cream can be eaten for many reasons: to celebrate a birthday or a promotion, to wind down after a tiring day at the office, to…
Silicone is a synthetic polymer derived from silica, and it is being touted as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional plastic. Silicone is a cross between synthetic rubber and plastic and can be used to make soft rubber-like items, hard resins, and fluids. Chemically, silicone is polysiloxane, which means it has a silicon-oxygen backbone. What backbone?…
Polystyrene, or plastic number 6, is used extensively to make packaging, disposable dishes, and cutlery. That cappuccino you grabbed on the way to work today? The cup was most probably made of polystyrene. Remember C.D.s? The clear casing they came in is made of polystyrene. Packing peanuts? Polystyrene. The packaging you pull out of the…
Off-grid living means living by yourself away from civilization, in the lap of nature. Technically it means disconnecting from public power, water, and waste systems. You live by growing your food in your plot of land, getting your water, producing your power, and generally taking care of yourself. Off-grid life is peaceful and sustainable. You…
Fishing nets, plastic bags and containers, balloons, cigarette butts, and bottle caps are the top 5 types of litter found on beaches. Billions of plastic bottles and bottle caps are produced every year, and an untold but an astronomical number of them end up as litter, polluting both the land and the sea. Plastic is…
Humans produce too much waste. And if we don’t want to be living in a planet-sized garbage dump within the next couple of hundred years, we need to reduce, reuse and recycle as much as we can. That much is sure. But what about biomedical waste? Today you cannot save human lives without producing biomedical…
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