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Get off the Grid! Solar Power for your Home
February 12th, 2008If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
With the cost of energy steadily rising and no shortage of sun in the southern United States, it is not surprising that the State of California has jumped aboard the solar power bandwagon with the lofty goal of creating 3,000 megawatts of new solar produced electricity by 2017. The California Solar Power Initiative brainchild of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will provide $2.8 billion dollars in incentives for customers in order to entice them to place solar energy panels on existing residential, public, industrial, agricultural and business buildings.
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Your at Home Guide to Recycling
February 6th, 2008
Recycling is an important part of everyday life. Built on the idea of taking the products that we use, breaking them down and then recreating another product out of the recycled materials, recycling can help us reduce and reuse the products that make our lives simpler. Buying recycled or reused products can also help you to save money! The 3R’s (Recycle, Reduce and Reuse) help us to preserve our environment through the reduction of harmful landfill waste.
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EcoBox Presents….Biodegradable Bubble Wrap!
January 29th, 2008 |
EcoBox is excited to announce that it will now stock Bio-Bubble, a 100% biodegradable bubble wrap. This fantastic news is sure to appeal to our Eco Conscious customers and the environment as the introduction of Bio-Bubble is sure to result in less plastic waste remaining in landfills for hundreds of years.Bio-Bubble has the same strength and durability as regular bubble wrap; the only difference is that Bio-Bubble contains a special formula called d2W. This formula will cause Bio-Bubble to breakdown after it is discarded and brought to a landfill site. Once in a landfill, an environment where sunlight, heat, water and stress are present the Bio-Bubble will begin to decompose.Once decomposition has occurred the only by-products that result are small amounts of CO2, H2O and biomass that serve as nutrients for soil microbes. Bio-Bubble is non-toxic and will not harm plants, animals or humans.This eco-friendly alternative will not cost you any more than regular bubble wrap either! Offering a green alternative to or customers is another way EcoBox is keeping its commitment to the environment. Making sure that this eco option is available to our customers at the same price as regular bubble wrap, means that choosing the environmentally friendly option will be a no-brainer! |
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The Eco-Friendly Move How-To!
January 15th, 2008Moving can be both a stressful experience as well as an environmentally damaging occurrence. The packing, the cleaning, the frantic tearing apart of boxes looking for the baking sheet you were sure you didn’t pack. For the most part, the stress is just part and parcel of the upheaval of transplanting yourself from one locale to the next. However, there are a few very simple steps one can take in order to limit the impact they have on the environment when they move, thereby limiting stress and making positive lifestyle changes to go with that great new place you will call home.
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Live Consciously in 2008!
January 8th, 2008
To live consciously means (at least to me) that I must become more aware of how my daily actions impact on the environment and on others. This awareness of how my actions affect the world will inevitably lead me to make positive changes to lessen my impact. How is this different from making a resolution? Simple psychology! When one makes a resolution it is almost always a statement such as “I will lose weight”, “I will quit smoking” or, “I will stress less.” As great as these resolutions are, they are statements made without a plan and without the recognition of what has brought you to the point where you state, “I will lose weight.”
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Recycling with your Kids…Fun for the Whole Family
December 18th, 2007There are a lot of fun ways to teach & inspire your kids to recycle. Here is a short list of fun activities you can do with your kids with everyday items from around the house. This will help show your kids how to make something out of nothing, reduce waste and illustrate how recycling benefits us all. Turn you child into an EcoKid and watch their imagination soar!
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10 Eco Friendly Holiday Gift Ideas for the Green at Heart
December 11th, 200710 Eco Friendly
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Eco- Friendly Home Made Cleaning Products
December 4th, 2007Once your moving day is set, and you are all ready to take possession of your new home it is always a good idea to make a clean and fresh start. If you have young children or pets you will understand the dangers of having chemical cleaning agents in your home, not to mention their negative effect on the environment. Chemical cleaning products such as drain cleaners, oven cleaners and furniture polish can negatively impact your family’s health and even degrade the air quality in your home. So if you are looking to clean up before you move in or if you have lived in your home for years and are looking for ways to lessen your environmental impact, here is an easy to follow guide for all of your cleaning needs.
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EcoBox Featured on GetWithGreen.com
November 30th, 2007
GetWithGreen.com recently featured EcoBox in an article about recycling when you remodel. Click here to read the full article.
EcoBox & Operation Blue Santa Team Up For Holiday Season
November 27th, 2007
With the holidays fast approaching EcoBox is glad to renew our support of Austin’s own Operation Blue Santa. In past years, EcoBox has donated boxes and packing supplies. In 2007 however, we are pound to announce the expansion of our involvement to that of a donation drop off location. Even better, with your donation of a new, still wrapped toy at one of our three locations you can receive 10% off your retail purchase of moving, packing, and shipping supplies, including our great selection of used moving boxes! This promotion will start on Monday Nov. 25th and runs through Monday Dec. 10th, 2007.
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