Waste Systems & Recycling
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Permaculture Alternatives to Waste-to-Energy (W2E)
Waste-to-energy (W2E), particularly incineration, is being promoted as a good alternative to landfills – it gets rid of all that…
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Plastic Waste – Part 3
In part 1 (1) of this article series, we looked at the extent of the plastic waste problem in the…
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A Gutful of Garbage
Last weekend, I was working on an assignment for another website about ways to repurpose plastic bottles. It was an…
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Greywater Problem? Plant Food Solution!
Moving into a new rental house (again), it was time to unroll the hose snaking from the recently arrived washing…
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Plastic Waste – Part 2
In part 1 of this article, we looked at the current status of plastic waste in the world, and some…
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Plastic Waste – Part 1
It’s all around you — in your food, in your clothes, and even possibly in your bloodstream (1). It’s deep…
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Finding Value in Waste: A Permaculture Approach to the Excesses of Consumer Civilisation
One thing that our modern-day civilisation is never short on is waste. Our consumer-based culture is also a throw-away culture,…
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Humanure part 2: Dealing with it
In part 1(1) of this article I explored a little into why humanure is beneficial to the planet, including the…
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Repurposing Wood
Not so long ago, my wife Emma and I bought our property, a place for which we’d been looking for…
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A Deeper Look Into Phytodepuration
This summer Algae Bloom has been a buzz word on the news and all of our Facebook newsfeed. How can…
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The Reflective Art of Garbage Collection and Deflection
The way we handle trash nowadays allows us to put it on the curb or in the dumpster and forget…
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Unwanted Chemical Pool Gets Permaculture Makeover
Six months into our pool to pond conversion and the problem really has become the solution. For some time, we…
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