Pollution

Retrofit an Older Refrigerator

The coolant systems of most refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and other condenser devices were almost exclusively designed to use the CFC most commonly known as Freon.  Between the 1950s and its phase out in the late 1990s, this otherwise initially non-toxic material made its way into nearly every home in North America.
Newer models use a different [...]

Pollution Liability Insurance

Pollution liability insurance is known as “pollution incidents”” in the insurance world. There is a thought to suggest that this insurance policy came into picture following the great amount of asbestos litigation in the 1970s. It was around that time that insurers thought it better to do away with pollution liability insurance in general policies [...]

The Amazing Journey of the North American Aluminium Can

It may seem counter-intuitive that aluminium could be such an environmentally friendly substance, but when recycled, as much as 95% of the energy spent on “virgin ore” is saved. This is significant. Not only is less energy used to get it, but less polluting substances are expelled while processing the ore. [...]

Confusing Practice of Green Washing

The term “green washing” is used to describe companies who overstate their commitment to environmentally friendly alternatives to doing business. By doing so, ad executives (and the people that hire them) are suggesting that you’re so dumb as to be fooled into what an actual substantial change in a product is.
As anyone who has [...]

Improvements in Washing Machine Designs

Conserving freshwater that isn’t contaminated with something ugly is a major concern for most cities.  Even in places where the municipal water supply is reused many times before discharge into the larger environment, the number of passes through our cities and our selves increases the level of contamination.
Conserving water decreases the amount of energy spent [...]

Two-stroke Cycle Engines and Pollution

For most applications, there are two major types of small combustion engine that are available: the two-stroke and four-stoke cycle engines. They differ greatly in the amount of airborne pollution they emit, especially in the form of fine particulate matter.
This is largely a consequence of the way lubricating oils are used in the combustion [...]

Plasma vs LCD Televisions

Many people are making the switch from large, bulky and heavy tube televisions in favour of flat-panel displays and televisions. Typically, consumers have a choice between high energy plasma displays and LCD displays. However, there is a big difference in the amount of energy that these devices use in the 6 or more [...]

Brighter Whites and Greener Waters

For many years, the use of phosphates in laundry detergents was responsible for making clothes appear far more “white” than they really were. Large ad campaigns throughout the second half of the 20th century re-enforced the notion that whiter laundry was cleaner laundry. In fact, this supposedly cleaner laundry was impregnated with chemical [...]

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