A Green Earth Day

I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to post on Earth Day. I have been rather busy lately. I hope everyone did their part to be green on Earth Day. And even though some may say that one day isn't going to make a difference (you know who you are), it will trigger action among people and make them more aware of our environment. I think we should do our best to make everyday Earth Day. Everyday it seems is about us as humans and what is best for us. But without a green Earth there is no more us. So do your best to keep the Earth clean and green everyday.

Garbage Disposals Are Not Green!

It has been a long time since I have posted. I didn't even post on Earth Hour Day! But I did participate and I all of you did, too. Anyone who turned off their lights is spreading a green message to the whole world.

Anyway, we all know the three R's of recycling, right? Reduce, reuse, and recycle - in that order. When we're talking about food sometimes it's hard to do any of those. Maybe you are already buying food at a minimum due to the rough economy, so you can't reduce the amount of food you use. The easiest way to reuse food scraps is to compost it. (Do not feed the extra food to your dog just to be green!) But sometimes it isn't easy to start composting. Recycling is pretty much out of the question for food. So what to do?

I know, Put it down the garbage disposal! Wrong! Garbage disposals are not green at all, not to mention you could lose a finger. If you can't reduce, reuse, or recycle the food you eat, make sure it goes into the trash, not the garbage disposal. The garbage disposal wastes water and energy. To be exact, everyday Americans waste 500,000 gallons of water due to garbage disposals. In addition, all that ground food is going straight to the water treatment facility where it might leach into the environment and do more damage there then it would in a landfill.

So, if you want to be green...don't use the garbage disposal!