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Before we had these fabric and shoes collection places, there were volunteers who collected bags at your house on a certain date. The fee for the old clothes was for their club (like a soccer club or a playground for kids). Now we can put the old clothes in containers who are open 24/7. But...

Thanks for sharing this ideas.. I do use some old blankets and towels for painting jobs and cleaning. You named a few nice and worthwhile solutions. I don’t need to reuse myself because we have textiles recycle units at every grocery shop. After collecting, the textile is sorted. The good...

The pollution is not visible, you cant smell it. Its from everything together and comes from Germany too (Ruhr area) . In the link are 2 infographics with a map of the Netherlands. The first one shows pollution with fine dust . The second one NOx pollution. Both from 2013-2020. 2020 was a very...

My whole country has a blanket of air pollution most of the time. Only 2 provinces in the north have reasonable clean air. Air pollution floats and spreads. The pollution is from (chemical) factories, farmers, traffic, aeroplanes … Its there, even if we don’t notice it. The air pollution is...

Fossil fuels are a much bigger problem than the materials for batteries. Also the metals are recyclable and the batteries are evolving, getting better. If you leave the stump to rot it’s better for the environment and it cost you nothing. Its not about long term. Climate catastrophes are...

Cant you give it a purpose? Like burning it for heat in winter to safe fossil fuels? mmm 🤔 thats a complicated calculation. Maybe a math crack or ChatGPT cangive a clue? I hope cheaper is not the only argument that is used to make choices for solar and wind above coal. We urgently need to...

Yes, making batteries is far from perfect. But adding more greenhouse gasses from fossil fuels is even less perfect. And the fabricage of a motor and everything thats needed for a fuel motor doesn’t come cheap either. In the Netherlands we can sell our electricity from solar power to the...

For CO2 greenhouse gasses, it better to dump the garbage and paper in a landfill. If you burn paper you release the CO2 that was in the tree, and now in the paper immediately. In a landfill it can take decades to compost. In my country a lot of the garbage is reused. And they burn the garbage...

This thread is new to me. I thought it was interesting to read some tips to and follow discussions about how live more sustainable. Read a few post from the start and skipped to the end. Gtaus, I know you love to buy bargains and often have good tips but I miss the sustainability choices in...