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Explore BrightHub's Environment hub with articles, guides, explainers, and practical how-tos.

Plastic Pollution in America: Alert to Disaster

Plastic Production Plastic is everywhere. In fact, if you look at your surroundings, you will see multiple plastic items—colored pens, mirror frames, a hair brush, toys …

Natural and Organic: Decoding Labels for Cleaning or Personal Care Products

Every day the message to consumers tells us the marketplace for personal care products and home cleaning products is complicated, and that …

Death of the Plastic Straw

Plastic Lifetime National Geographic reports that the first plastics made from fossil fuels are just over a century old. Widespread use.

Ingredients You Don't Want in Your Makeup

If you’ve spent a lot of time trying to create a diet that will benefit you with an overall healthy body, demeanor and lifestyle—why.

Urban Beekeeping for Beginners

You’ve romanticized about having your own honeybee hive apiary; have thought about helping save the bees from disease, nutrition and …

How to Regrow Veggies from Kitchen Scraps

Ever wish you didn’t have to throw out so many vegetables or that you didn’t need to buy them? What if you could fix both problems in one? …

Should You Invest in Solar Panels? Find Out if the Price is Right

More and more homeowners are considering solar panels for their home. In some communities they are even a common sight, but in most places …

3 Energy-Saving Hacks for Hot Months: Save Energy & Money This Summer

The summer months bring melting popsicles, late sunsets, and utility bills that can leave you and your vacation aspirations covered in …

The Market for Green Chemistry is Growing

As consumers and producers become more aware of the environmental impact of their life choices, green chemistry is growing as a way to.

Saving Hedgehogs with Holey Fences and Special Ice Cream Containers

Chipping Norton has finest 18th century houses, a church that was a former wool factory, the Unicorn Hotel, countryside gardens and some …