mindzle.com - 10/14/2009
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If you’ve recently upgraded your computer or cell phone, don’t just throw it away! Electronics waste is a growing problem. Millions of computers and cell phones are thrown away each year, and it’s causing a big problem in our landfills.
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Basic Paper Recycling Guides
mindzle.com 2/17/2009 — Most of us don’t think about recycling much past when the driver picks it up or we drop it off at the local recycling center. Of course, the process of making new material from used items is important, but in the course of everyday life it just doesn’t make it through all of the other [...]
Kerbside Recycling Collection Recycling Facts
mindzle.com 7/31/2009 — Watch This Video Giving the Recycling Facts About Kerbside Recycling
One of the seldom considered recycling facts is that the waste you as a householder recycle in boxes and wheelie bins is not only a single type of recyclable material. It’s a mix of a controlled number of materials. It ...
Recycling by Mail
easyecoblog.com 8/26/2009 — Some folks live far away from recycling centers. Think Green From Home is a service from Waste management that allows you to recycle everything from CFL’s to Batteries to Bottles by mail. Unfortuneately, it does cost money to purchase a recycling kit, relegating this to probably only ...
Recycling Your Gadgets Is Easier Than You Think
greenupgrader.com 3/5/2009 — We’re a nation of gadget lovers. Our computers and cellphones and MP3 players rapidly become outdated, obsolete, or simply not-so-cool anymore, and our consumer urge is to simply replace them instead of fixing or upgrading. The EPA estimates that 2.25 million tons of electronics were ...
What is sustainability?
supereco.com 3/12/2009 —
"Sustainability" is one of those words that's in danger of losing its meaning from over-use. Is it a synonym for "green?" Is it all about recycling? Does it mean lowering our standard of living? No, no, and emphatically NO according to a Scientific American article ...
Printer recycling- Take responsibility.
mindzle.com 9/11/2009 — In today’s world being environmentally friendly is something that we should all try and be from simple things like being energy efficient in our homes to recycling electronic products such as mobile phones, computer and printers. This will help improve the state of our environment over the ...
More recycling do’s and don’ts… answered.
momgoesgreen.com 10/7/2009 — I received a great response to my recent post about recycling paper . Recycling always seems to be a great mystery, as so many cities and municipalities have varying rules. When you consider that the average American produces 4.5 pounds of trash DAILY (75% of that IS recyclable), we ...
Recycling: where do the bin contents go?
supereco.com 1/28/2009 — Great overview of what happens to all that stuff you throw in the recycling bin after it leaves your house, including info on materials best/least suitable for recycling.
Recycling Plastic Bags
easyecoblog.com 5/1/2009 — Recycling plastic bags is painful but very necessary. Yes, the goal is not to have any in the first place. We have to gather them up and recycle them at our local grocery stores as there is no curbside recycling of them in our location. No one wants to add to the plastic soup of [...]
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Q: For years, I’ve been recycling every plastic item in my house – water bottles, hummus containers, orange juice containers, the plastic packaging from my Bluetooth headset, but when I went to drop everything off at the recycling center ...
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