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green swapping Archive
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Green Ideas: Swap Inefficient Appliances To Save Money & The Planet
As we’ve discussed many times before on this blog, the concept of swapping is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint and our collective impact on the environment. That’s not the only way that swapping can help the environment. Swapping out your old, inefficient household appliances for new eco-friendly models can greatly reduce your footprint while [...] -
Green Ideas: Five Fun Ways to Reuse Old Clothes
Let’s be honest, how many of us actually wear every piece of clothing in our closet? Personally, I know I only wear maybe 80% of all the clothes I own on a regular basis. And that’s being generous. Instead of letting those old clothes just sit around and take up space, we’ve thought up FIVE [...] -
Five Ways to Swap the Treadmill for a Greener Workout
If we’re talking green businesses, we are certainly not talking commercial gym facilities. Think about it: gyms use an astronomical amount of electricity not just to power all of those treadmills and elliptical machines, but also to provide you with a comfortable air conditioned atmosphere, complete with television screens as far as the eye can [...] -
Swapping Out Cable Boxes for Lower Energy Alternatives
While numerous household products have become more energy-efficient over the last few years there is one ubiquitous piece of electronics that remains a giant power hog in your home – your cable TV boxes and Digitial Video Records. According to the New York Times, set-top cable boxes and DVRs have become the single largest electricity [...] -
Green Ideas: Neighbors Set Up Swap Shop at Local Landfill
Residents near Wilmington, NC have found a great new way to get free stuff for their homes and help the environment at the same time. City officials have set up a “swap shop” near the landfill where local residents can leave behind household items they no longer need for anyone to take, free of charge. [...] -
Swap Of The Day: Swap Out Those Old Light Bulbs
At Swap.com we are putting out the call to action to all you environmentally-conscious swappers — go green and swap out your incandescent lights for energy-saving Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs today! Did you know that CFL bulbs use 25 percent less energy and last 8-10 times longer that incandescent bulbs use? Think about it [...] -
Battery Swap Stations Help Extend The Reach of Electric Vehicles
Over the last few years there has been tremendous progress towards making electric cars and hybrid vehicles more practical and commonplace here in the states. Unfortunately one issue that engineers are constantly struggling with is the long time it takes to recharge the batteries in these cars. Unlike filling up a traditional gas-guzzler at the [...]