The flat panels are just so much better and takes much less space. If you stay in older hotels and motels, the rooms look terrible with the old TVs. As more families upgrade to flat panel televisions, safely recycling their old and bulky TVs become a problem. In 2007, Americans had accumulated 99 million TVs [...]
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How do I recycle my old computer?
Like most people, I put my old computers in the attic or basement. I don’t want to give it to someone since the hard drive still has my old documents on it. After a few years, I accumulated 2 desktops and 2 laptops in the attic. The problem with that is it’s not good for [...]
How do I recycle cellphones?
My cell phone plan is a two year contract. I’m usually excited about upgrading my phone. However, there’s one little thing that bothers me, how do I recycle my old phone? Most carriers don’t want old phones. Rather than adding it to my growing collection of unwanted mobile phones, recycle it! In 2007, approximately 14 million [...]
Get your whole family to recycle
We all know that we need to recycle as much as possible. But the trouble is sometimes we just don’t have time or don’t feel like taking the trouble to place an item in the recycle bin. It’s particularly harder to get our children and husband to recycle. Men sometimes simply don’t think about those [...]
Recycling protects US manufacturing jobs
You probably would have not thought about this, recycling protects and expands US manufacturing jobs. How is that? Because the people who are involved in collecting, transporting, sorting, and reusing are all here in America. These jobs can not be shipped overseas. So when you and your family make the effort to recycle, you’re helping to [...]
Consumers are beginning to buy more recycled products
I was at Barnes & Noble last Saturday reading some random books, and saw the center tables where they keep some new books that just came out. Then some little purses made of newspaper and other used paper products caught my eyes. They’re not much bigger than a regular wallet, but come in different colors. [...]
Purchasing recycled products helps the environment even more
More and more families are recycling everything they can possibly recycle. But did you know that by purchasing recycled products, we save the environment even more. Purchasing recycled products completes the recycling loop. By “buying recycled,” each consumer plays an important role in making the recycling process a success. As consumers demand more environmentally sound [...]
Making compost pile and save the environment
I’ve been thinking about a compost pile for a long time and finally made myself to start one. It’s not as hard and time consuming to start one, the harder part is to save veges and fruits to put them in the pile. For starters, it’s a lot easier to do a simple compost pile [...]
Where to set up my own recycling center?
You have made a commitment to recycle and got some container and bins. Now you wonder where is a good place in the house to set up as your own recycling center. A place where the whole family knows and it is convenient for everyone to put recycled stuff in. There are two good places, [...]
Reuse tips that can save you money and the environment
If you are like me, who take at least one coffee break each work day, here’s one simple tip that can save you money. Instead of going to the corner coffee shop or Starbucks, make your own coffee and bring it to work. Or make one in the office, although those don’t usually taste good. [...]