ENVIRONMENT
How to reduce your household rubbish
B
y doing some strategic
separation of waste,
and recycling the
results, it's amazing how little
needs to go into your
municipal rubbish system.
Glass, plastic, tins and paper
and board are all much-
sought after by commercial
recyclers who, if telephoned a
day or so beforehand, will
pitch up and cart off the piles.
To help them it is better to
sort this material beforehand
and, of course, any paper and
board destined for the
recyclers should be stored
under cover.
Fruit and vegetable peelings,
unused stems and stalks, pips,
eggshells, teabags, mouldy
bread and just about any dry
foodstuff that has gone stale
or is found to contain weevils
can be composted, or added
to a worm farm.
Coffee grounds and the dregs
from your coffee plunger or
percolator can be used as a
gentle acidifying agent on
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industry are replacing their
flowering eucalypts with nonflowering species that
produce longer fibre wood
for the paper industry.
The simple solution is to stop
just cutting down the
eucalyptus trees, plant more
trees and make these
woodlots available to the
beekeepers who need these
carry over sites to strengthen
their swarms for the future
crop seasons.
More beekeepers would
come into this field which at
present is lacking beekeepers
because of the shortage of
forage for their bees during
the period between pollination seasons.
Article by Peter Clark, e-mail
[email protected]
and at 011 362-2904,
chairman of the Eastern
Highveld Beekeepers’
Association, at present
offering a mentoring and
consulting service to emerging
beekeepers wishing to take
up the craft.
Contact Mike Alter, secretary
of the Eastern Highveld
Beekeeper's Association at
011 965-6040 for association
matters and bee swarm
removals.
abilities as an export trade for
their country, and are at
present calling for mentors to
assist them.
K Trees for the paper
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