Organic Eggs packaging concept
I hope this is a concept, merely the work of an active, somewhat misguided, imagination. The increase in amount of packaging, and associated environmental & monetary costs, is amazing. We should all be trying as best as we can to reduce our impact on our environment both directly and indirectly. In this case - buying eggs - the current model is wasteful but convenient, easy, no hassle. Go to store, pick a pack of eggs, buy, take home, transfer eggs from packaging, throw package in the trash, repeat. It's wasteful but it's easy for us to do. In fact, there is little or no alternative.
I think the system should, could be changed. Egg producers could deliver eggs in larger 'store-sized' containers, customers would come to the store with their own reusable egg container, fill it from the store container, buy, take home. No packaging to throw away, thus overall a lot less waste. Also, less energy will be used to manufacture the packaging, less resources consumed (water, electricity, transport fuel). And, the reusable egg-container will be more robust, long-lasting and more open to Good Design influences. Anyway, here's a link to the the Organic eggs packaging concept article.
Updated: 27.06.2009. 06:17
How to harvest rainwater
Rain water harvesting is simply diverting the flow from downspouts to a barrel. Devices are available to divert water back to downspouts when the barrel is full. You can collect 27.28 liters of rainwater from 25.4mm of rain on 0.93 sq. m of surface area. For example, Scotland averages 1015mm of rain yearly. On 92.9 sq. m of roof this would average 108892.72 litres of water per year. So ... How to harvest rainwater
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Updated: 21.06.2009. 06:09
Washing Machine Greywater Resources
Here's a list of resources for using your washing machine as a irrigation source.
Washing Machine Greywater Resources
Updated: 27.05.2009. 08:27
