TreeHugger Picks: Recycle Something Today
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 11.15.06
Today is America Recycles Day; in honor of the big day, here are some ideas for some things & ways you can help keep some junk out of our waste stream. Please, do yourself, your garbage collector and the planet a favor, and think twice before throwing stuff out today.
1) The Ecopod makes recycling fun and reduces the volume of your recyclables.
2) With programs from Dell, Apple (remember, iPod has its own program) and more, there's no excuse not to recycle your computer.
3) While we're on the topic of technology, why not recycle your electronic media.
4) You may not have any yet, but you will soon, so brush up on recycling your Christmas cards.
5) Review Recycle: The Essential Guide for some fun facts, figures and tips for further recycling.
Freegeek here in Portland (and soon in vancouver BC!) has an amazing program of recycling electronics, teaching, community outreach, and trading computers for volunteer hours.
check them out at: http://freegeek.org/
oh wait, I see the computer recycling article already mentions them, but hey, thery're that cool, they need as much pimping as they can get.
My community (Lancaster, PA) has free household hazardous waste recycling. Just pull up, pop your trunk, and let the nice guys there take your paint, motor oil, batteries, flourescent bulbs, TVs or computers.
Unforunately, I still see TVs being left out for the garbage men. But I make great use of it, especially when my dad decided to clean out his basement.
My community (Lancaster, PA) has free household hazardous waste recycling. Just pull up, pop your trunk, and let the nice guys there take your paint, motor oil, batteries, flourescent bulbs, TVs or computers.
Unforunately, I still see TVs being left out for the garbage men. But I make great use of it, especially when my dad decided to clean out his basement.
In San Francisco there is www.greencitizen.com, at 591 Howard. They are in Los Altos as well.