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What is the most environmentally friendly way to paint/preserve wooden art or construction outdoors?
Our preferred solution here (on land and for seagoing wooden boats) is linseed oil based paints, or just plain (raw) linseed oil.
The oil soaks in the wood and therefore prevent water to soak into it ...
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How can I deodorize a school bathroom without using naphthalene?
As I understand the smell is the problem. The naphthalene masks the smell but it too is a problem. So the issue is "How to reduce the smell". One answer is to cover it up. Anotehr answer ...
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Does decanting eliminate heavy metals in water?
Precipitation and decantation are two different things.
If left alone, dissolved heavy metals would never go down to the bottom of a container (countering the gravity pull for an ion over 10 cm costs ...
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Are aluminum sheets appropriate for rainwater catchment roof?
You've raised a few issues in your posts, so having just built a new house I'll address those I'm able to:
To start with, I live in a country/area where corrugated steel roofing is the absolute norm ...
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How do you decontaminate land?
What you're seeing: biopiles
it looks like companies just dig the ground, leave everything in a pile for a while (few weeks?) and then bring over the dirt elsewhere.
It sounds like what you're ...
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What chemicals does copper slag release into the soil or water table when it is recycled as a gravel?
I found a (eventually political) study made by NABU Hamburg from 2013 about copper slag. They state, that several materials are included with toxic and hazardous to health impact, among others (per ...
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Is mercury still found in modern e-waste?
The usage of mercury in electronics devices that end up producing e-waste is small but present in some components.
Though not widely used now, cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors contain mercury as do ...
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Do Chipotle style bowls still have PFAS chemicals?
From the the article you referenced, Chipotle is quoted as saying (emphasis added):
We’ve been working closely with our suppliers to develop new food packaging that is sustainably sourced, functional,...
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How to get rid of half a can of durable water repellent spray (similar to 3M Scotchgard)
It's hard to give more than my opinion to this but from your options I would choose "C". If you know of people that are already using the product that would be the best option.
My rationale:
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What is the most environmentally friendly way to paint/preserve wooden art or construction outdoors?
In Europe in mediaeval times, the external woodwork of timbered houses was painted with bulls' blood (hence the traditional dark red colour). Apparently it had to be bulls' blood and not pig, for ...
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Are aluminum sheets appropriate for rainwater catchment roof?
As it turns there are several solutions. And as I've discovered, the headline is: aluminum is probably fine. HOWEVER ... in my case I think it will be cost-prohibitive, since a 4x8 sheet costs ~$100.
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