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Posted on Monday, March 28, 2016
By:
J.P. Mascaro & Sons
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A profound quote from Canadian poet and novelist, Margaret
Atwood expresses, "In the spring, at the end of the day, you
should smell like dirt." Celebrated American author and poet,
Henry David Thoreau – when penning his wonders of spring – eloquently affirmed,
“So
mild the air a pleasure 'twas to breathe, for what seems heaven above was earth
beneath.” For those who...
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Tagged:Green, Environment, Compost, Composting, Organic, Weather, Earth, Planet, Kids, Children, Spring, Yard, Garden, Pruning, Plants
Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2016
By:
J.P. Mascaro & Sons
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Saving energy does not require a lot
of money or time. It simply requires knowledge, commitment, a plan and action.By acknowledging and capturing the energy inefficiencies
that you create or ignore on a daily basis, you can radically reduce your
energy bills, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by power plants,
ultimately reducing your carbon
footprint. While new technologies...
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Tagged:Green, Recycle, Recycling, Education, Sustainability, Environment, Evironmental Responsibility, Earth, Planet, Carbon Footprint, Energy Consumption
Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2016
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J.P. Mascaro & Sons
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Some fascinating, mystifying, and
amusing facts about the El Niño weather cycle phenomenon and why we should pay
attention“Seems it never rains
in southern California”, pined Albert
Hammond in his 1972 Billboard chart topper. Perhaps coincidentally, 1972
was a La Niña weather-pattern year, the
coin-flip antithesis of the intense El
Niño pattern that we are...
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Tagged:Green, Recycle, Recycling, Sustainability, Environment, Compost, Composting, Evironmental Responsibility, Weather, Global Warming, Earth, Planet
Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2016
By:
J.P. Mascaro & Sons
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The process of commercial composting
produces a variety of undesirable byproducts unless facilitated responsibly in
a state-of-the-art indoor facility.By now, most of us have a good grasp on the features,
benefits and methods of composting our own food scraps and yard waste at home. It
is an environmentally-responsible behavior that provides a useful product for
our gardens, and is a great...
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Tagged:Green, Sustainability, Compost, Composting, Organic, Wastewater, Biosolids, Compostable, Food scraps, Organic waste, Grass clippings
Posted on Saturday, January 9, 2016
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J.P. Mascaro & Sons
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Recycling
You may
have been lead to believe that solid-waste incineration is a “landfill-free”
solution, but the facts burn far brighter!Contrary to what you may have been told, incineration is far
from being a “landfill-free” solid-waste disposal option of choice. Did you
know that approximately 25% of the waste delivered to
incinerators winds up in a landfill? That’s a...
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Tagged:Green, Recycle, Recycling, Education, Sustainability, Landfill-Free, Incineration, Landfills, Environment, Solid Waste, Trash, Garbage
Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2015
By:
J.P. Mascaro & Sons
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Five years later, we take time for a
walk in the Danielle
Ruiz-Murphy Recreational Dog Park and Horse Rescue to look back with our
four-legged friends.Imagine a place
where your beloved four legged friend can run free! A place where dogs can play
off leash and be able to freely make friends with other dogs. Well, in Berks
County this place is a reality.In 2010, we
were honored to...
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Tagged:Giving, Community, Giving Back, Donation
Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2015
By:
J.P. Mascaro
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We choose one day of the year to honor this planet we call home; but it’s worthy of so much more than a single day of celebration!
There are constant reminders to take a stand against the ways we harmfully impact our environment, but how often is what we say enacted?
It’s important to remember that you don’t need to make the change in an instant, you can...
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Tagged:Green, Recycle, Recycling