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 [...][...]
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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.[...]
May 15th, 2009 - 8:59 pm § in Recycling Facts
Source Reduction and Reuse Facts
* More than 55 million tons of MSW were source reduced in the United States in 2000, the latest year for which these figures are available. * Containers and packaging represented approximately 28 percent of the materials source reduced in 2000, in addition to nondurable goods (e.g., [...][...]
May 15th, 2009 - 4:36 pm § in Recycling, Recycling Facts
Managing solid waste - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends a three-tiered approach for managing solid waste. Each of these should be practiced to decrease the amount of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), more commonly known as trash or garbage, headed for final disposal. They are in order of importance: Red[...]