Many people are not separating and recycling correctly. Even though much of the plastic is being burned and called "recycling" it makes a difference. Always separate the different materials from each other. For example remove the paper and the aluminum lid from the plastic yoghurt cup (even if they go into the same bin) and sort your waste into the correct bins. This makes it easier for the machines in the recycling facilities to identify and sort the waste correctly and therefore increases recycling rates and material recovery. Check local recycling guidelines to learn how your bins work.
Replants
Replants provides a sustainable solution to Christmas tree disposal by delivering living trees to your home, picking them up after the holiday season and planting them in a German forest to help reduce carbon emissions and reforest the area.
About Replants
Replants offers living Christmas trees that will be delivered to your home, picked up after Christmas and planted in a German forest. \- Replants trees help the environment by reforesting Germany and reducing your carbon footprint. Facts: \- 22,000,000 Christmas trees are thrown away \- 250,000 hectares of forest have been lost \- 12% of the total forest area is dead \- 1,500,000 tons of CO2 are no longer bound \- 7,500,000 tons of oxygen are no longer produced tags: Weihnachtsbaum, Weihnachts baum,
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The type of food you buy is more important than how it was produced or where or when it was grown. Buying (non-organic) vegetables flown in, is better than buying (organic), local meat or dairy. The food miles only make about 5-20% of the food's emissions. This being said, if you have the choice, try to buy organic, local, seasonal vegan food for maximum impact.
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