Roswell Students Recycle Plastic Bags Students at North Fulton elementary schools hope plastic bags will be transformed into an outdoor bench instead of piling up in landfills. The students will gather clean, dry and stretchy plastic bags and product wraps for the A Bag’s Life program through Nov. 12. A…
#Recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees. #recycleguide bit.ly/1FjRGhf
How To Recycle, Writing Instruments, Wine Corks And Cigarette Butts One of my favorite discoveries in this fascinating world of green innovation is the company Terracycle. Simply put, founder and Princeton-dropout Tom Szaky recycles the unrecyclable. You can participate by signing up for different recycling collection programs, collecting your waste,…
Verizon Recycled Batteries In Ashburn Virginia Verizon will be holding it’s 6th annual electronic recycling rally on September 24th from 7:30am to 2:00pm at its Ashburn, Virginia campus. The rally is free and open to area consumers and businesses. Randomly selected participants will receive giveaways, including water bottles and tote…
“Recycle For Sight”: Lions Club Needs Your Used Eyeglasses Submitted Photo Lions Club The Lions Club and the Postal Service have joined forces to collect used eyeglasses and sunglasses. From left, Alice Tana, Lions past district governor, George Erivas, Ricardo Gonzales, president National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 70, Skeeter…
Recycle Utah celebrates 25 years of Faithfulness From grass-roots origins, the nonprofit continues its sustainable mission Recycle Utah is one of Park City’s success stories. The nonprofit that started with a group of environmentally aware Parkites is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. (Courtesy of Recycle Utah) Recycle Utah, which…
More than nine months after Mayor Mitch Landrieu signed a deal to restart glass recycling in the French Quarter and Central Business District, those recognizable blue bins are about to hit the curbs again. The administration announced that the more than 4,000 homes and small businesses in those downtown neighborhoods can…
Water Saver: Recycle water from your air conditioner Benefits of recycling your refrigerator include: Receiving a $40 incentive for allowing IPL to pick up an old refrigerator at your home. Saving as much as $150 a year in energy costs because outdated refrigerators typically consume three times more electricity than…
Over 87% of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs. #recycleguide bit.ly/18grABV
When it comes to litter, we all need to care more by Nguyen Khanh Chi My fourth-grade son recently struck me dumb when he said “Mum, I hate living here!” for a single reason: “Lots of adults litter on the outdoor playground downstairs.” He had been so excited when we…
Learn How To Recycle Coffee Cups If you’re going to use one-time-use coffee pods, the EcoCup comes apart more easily for recycling than previous versions of the single-use capsules. We know that super-convenient single-use coffee pods can also be super bad for the environment. In 2013, Green Mountain, just one…
Computers and electronic devices have been integral in providing services for communications all over the world. Since technology evolves at a rapid pace, outdated electronic devices are making their way to the dump. Because of consumer demand for new products, landfills are constantly being filled with old electronics and is…
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