By Shawn DesRochers

Give up the plastic bottle! Keep the water

“Statistics Canada says that almost a third of Canadian households are choosing to drink bottled water over tap. And since as few as 50% of the water bottles consumed are recycled, that leaves millions of water bottles to plug up waste sites.”

In an effort to curb the waste, families can switch to filtered tap water. A purifier pitcher is very simple and an inexpensive way to filter water at home. For fresh water on the go, you can simply fill a reusable bottle from your water purifier pitcher.

If you’ve used a Brita filter pitcher before, then you’ll love the Mavea.  Mavea is a German company that started in 2007 and it is family owned. Read more…

                

With Christmas season in full swing have you been w rapping gifts in an environmental friendly way?

It is estimated that an additional 300,000 tonnes of garbage is generated in Canada between mid November and New Year’s Day. Instead of using wrapping paper, why not wrap your family presents with  reusable bags from Envirosax.

Envirosax carries a fantastic collection of environmental friendly totes  that provide a different – green – kind of solution for gift wrapping.

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How to Pack a Waste-Free Lunch

Disposable throw-away lunch containers and plastic school bags might seem cheap when purchasing, but they have long-term costs… both for the environment and your wallet.

In an effort to reduce the amount of lunch waste produced at school, more and more schools are requiring that parents adapt to packing a litter-less lunch for their children.

According to statistics, every schoolchild creates an average of 30kg of garbage per year. That’s a lot of garbage every day that can easily be avoided.

Have a  healthy and green start to your children’s new school year with products from Raspberry Kids. They carry a wonderful line of  litter-less lunch products that make bringing a litter-less to school fun.

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Founded by Belinda and Mark David-Tooze in 2004, Envirosax carries a fantastic collection of environmental friendly totes.

Their bags are lightweight, portable, waterproof and each bag holds the equivalent of two supermarket plastic bags.

The reusable grocery bags are perfect for back to school as they can be used as a gym bag, or a fashion tote for carrying books. My daughter has even used hers as a purse. Read more…

                

Fillyourown.ca is a Canada based online store that sells various green items, like stainless steel water bottles, food containers, lunch bags, etc.

I was sent 3 shopping totes from Fillyourown.ca to review. I received  Late Summer Cornflowers, Bloomers and Poppies Delight. Read more…