Having to keep grandchildren busy during rainy days, I like to pull out the childrens paints, but you can imagine how messy it can be unless you have an easy way to put different colours of paint in a non spill environment. Well the best thing I have found is the plastic egg containers that [...][...]
Archive for the ‘Recycling’ Category
August 20th, 2009 - 4:44 pm § in Recycling
Simple home recycling procedures and tips
1. Buy a recycle container and place it in the kitchen. This makes you to remember to recycle. 2. Make sure bottles and tins are cleaned before putting in the recycling bin. This prevents flies both at home and the recycling place. 3. Reorganize the kitchen so it has an efficient recycling area wi[...]
August 15th, 2009 - 3:11 pm § in Recycling
Make your own greenhouse using recycled plastic bottles
Why not make your own greenhouse using recycled plastic bottles. First you need to build a timber frame to the size of the greenhouse you desire, do not forget that you will need to make a frame for a door! Then collect lots and lots of plastic bottles. 2L bottles are ideal and you will [...][...]
June 18th, 2009 - 2:45 pm § in Recycling, Recycling Facts
Battery Recycling
Lead-Acid Automobile Batteries Nearly 90 percent of all lead-acid batteries are recycled. Almost any retailer that sells lead-acid batteries collects used batteries for recycling, as required by most state laws. Reclaimers crush batteries into nickel-sized pieces and separate the plastic components.[...]
June 18th, 2009 - 2:44 pm § in Recycling
Recycle Batteries
When you need a portable, convenient power source, you can rely on batteries. Batteries of all shapes and sizes supply power to everyday electronics like toys and power tools, but batteries also work where we don’t see them too. During a power outage, phone lines still operate because they are[...]
June 18th, 2009 - 2:41 pm § in Recycling, Recycling Facts
Household Hazardous Waste
Leftover household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients are considered to be “household hazardous waste” or “HHW.” Products, such as paints, cleaners, oils, batteries, and pesticides, that contain potentially hazardous ingredients require[...]
June 3rd, 2009 - 4:43 pm § in Recycling
Recycle Food Scraps
Food leftovers are the single-largest component of the waste stream by weight in the United States. Americans throw away more than 25 percent of the food we prepare, about 96 billion pounds of food waste [...][...]
June 3rd, 2009 - 4:41 pm § in Recycling
Basic Information about Yard Trimmings
In large part, disposal of yard trimmings—such as grass clippings and trimmings from bushes, trees, and other yard vegetation—in landfills is generally not necessary, since backyard composting and yard trimmings collection and recovery programs have [...][...]
May 16th, 2009 - 9:10 pm § in Recycling
Recycled Products Shopping List
There are more than 4,500 recycled-content products available, and this number continues to grow. In fact, many of the products we regularly purchase contain recycled-content. The following list presents just a sampling of products that can be made with recycled content: Aluminum cans Car bumpers C[...]
May 16th, 2009 - 9:09 pm § in Recycling
Buy Recycled
Product labels can be confusing to consumers interested in buying recycled because of the different recycling terminology used. The following definitions might help clarify any uncertainty regarding manufacturers’ claims. For more detailed guidance, view a summary of the Federal Trade Commissi[...]