In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, around 1,200 miles from shore, sits a giant vortex of trash known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The site is home to more than 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic —...
Paul explained: “At one point, we were being driven around a quarry in a kind of very souped-up, almost Formula One racing car with a very experienced driver, and the car goes from nought to 60 in two...
Campsites across England are now allowed to reopen as part of the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.And, in good news for tent and campervan campers, new guidelines announced by the Governme...
Most people don’t know how easy it is to compost human waste. All it takes is a container with a lid, a toilet seat, and a regular supply of natural dry materials. In short, you need the humble compos...
Even if it is purchased brand new, the average kitchen kettle will develop a layer of scale at some point. But rather than scrubbing and washing your kettle using chemicals, you can clean and descale...
One of the overwhelming themes of the 2019 RVX show was the American RV market prying itself out of the past and evolving to meet the demands of a younger, more active demographic. This year's show wa...
Even though manual scavenging is banned in India, the practice is still prevalent in many parts of the country.Also read |Three arrested for hiring labourers who died during manual scavengingWhat...
Toilet cleaning is most people's least favourite job, not only because it's disgusting but also because it's hard to get done.That is probably why a woman's clever hack that has completely transformed...
Many people thought that overlanding was just a fad when Toyotas and Jeeps equipped with roof-top tents, traction boards, roof racks, and fridge/freezers first appeared at the SEMA Show. Much like the...
Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) on Friday said it has signed a pact with Campervan Factory, an IIT Madras-incubated research-based caravan manufacturing company, to launch campers in India. These well...
Human excrement is rife with pathogens, “odorant volatiles” (the chemicals that make it smell) and parasites, but it has something going for it: it’s about 75% water. What’s more, water is the smalles...
Building A Sustainable Home (Skyhorse Publishing, 2018), by Melissa Rappaport Schifman, is a guide to sustainable materials and design options on the market for making an energy-efficient, green home....
The world can be divided into those who watch YouTube videos of limescale removal to relax and those who are quite enjoying watching the abstract sculpture forming inside their dirty shower, thank you...
Oceans of sewage. Tapped-out water sources. Ever-costlier fertilizers. A flurry of recent studies warn of resource scarcity for the world’s cities. Fortunately, a growing legion of urban dwellers thin...
Cleaning is an unavoidable part of life, but homeowners differ when it comes to which housekeeping tasks they’re likely to tackle first. A study of 2,000 Americans commissioned by LG Electronics and c...
