7 Smart Strategies for a Zero-Waste Dream Home Build

7 Smart Strategies for a Zero-Waste Dream Home Build | ecogreenlove

If you’ve ever driven past a partially finished property, you’ve seen firsthand that the construction process generates a massive amount of waste. Can you build your dream house while staying true to your sustainability goals? The answer is yes — making careful choices can reduce or eliminate that issue.

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How Refurbished Electronics Reduce E-waste And Contribute To Environmental Sustainability

How Refurbished Electronics Reduce E-waste And Contribute To Environmental Sustainability | ecogreenlove

Are you a tech enthusiast with a knack for buying and flashing the latest electronic gadgets? Ever wondered where discarded electronic items end up? Perhaps not. Now is the time you should realize the impact the electronic waste generated has on the planet. 

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Sustainable Halloween Ideas

Sustainable Halloween Ideas | ecogreenlove

As we prepare for Halloween festivities and trick or treating activities, let this be a reminder that you can still do all those (and more) while making more sustainable and earth-friendly choices and swaps at the same time 🎃👻, take a look at these ideas we found:

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10 Statistics About Fast Fashion Waste [Visual]

10 Statistics About Fast Fashion Waste [Visual] | ecogreenlove

The extremely detrimental impact of fast fashion waste on the environment is no news. Besides being responsible for nearly 10% of global carbon emissions, the industry is also infamously known for the amount of resources it wastes and the millions of clothes ending up in landfills every day. Martina Igini from earth,org gives 10 highly concerning statistics about textile waste:

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Top Tips to Fight Food Waste [Visual]

Top Tips to Fight Food Waste [Visual] | ecogreenlove

Did you know, one third* of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally? Food waste is central to some of the key challenges facing the world today, including hunger and poverty, climate change, health and wellbeing and the sustainability of agriculture and oceans.

Wasting food is also a waste of the energy to grow, harvest, process and cook, and food waste in landfill can cause methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas.

*Source: World Food Programme

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