U.S. Drought Monitor

SpiroFlo previews the current U.S. drought and the specifics that have affected Texas recently. At the end of last year, we shared an image of the Texas drought. Since that time, the Lone Star state has hardly improved. The Winter 2012 issue of the SDWA (Safe Drinking Water Act) newsletter noted the following: 90% of [...]

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Buzzwords: Ecotechnology

Ecotech Systems analyzes the terms that make up the environmental world—the cliché, the misunderstood, and the “don’t tell your mama” variety—and how they play in today’s society. Today’s buzzword didn’t mean much when Ecotech Systems first went in to business, yet it’s now left their name in a crowd all touting some term: ecotechnology. “Back in [...]

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How Much Do We Really Recycle?

Last week, SpiroFlo had a graphic on why you should care about water conservation. This time, we’re looking at what we recycle, what we throw away, and how long it’ll take for all of it to decompose: So this means skinny people are less wasteful? Something like that, right? *     *     * Colin McKay Miller is [...]

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Ecotech Systems: Cost-Effective Non-Thermal Drying

Ecotech Systems discusses how their patented EcoVeyor non-thermally dries materials—including food products, copper fines and biosolids—all for about $1 a ton. Last time we spoke about the patented Ecotech system, we talked about biosolids—a polarizing treatment process that blew up the comments section. This time, we’re addressing how the Ecotech system non-thermally dries material—yes, including [...]

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Why You Should Care About Water Conservation

Here’s why we work hard to promote residential hot water savings with the patented, cost-effective SpiroFlo device: That beer and chocolate better be really good… *     *     * Colin McKay Miller is the Marketing Manager for the SpiroFlo Holdings group of companies: -SpiroFlo for residential hot water savings (delivered 35% faster with up to a [...]

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366 Ways to Make the Shift to Living Green

The Alternative Energy Shift forums have a growing list of 366 ways to live green. As of this date, they’re only ~15% of the way there, and most of the duh options are out the way already (#2: Recycle; #9: Insulate; #19: Reusable bags). Here are a few of the more novel suggestions (even if [...]

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