Great post over at Brave New Leaf. They’ve taken some truly amazing information about recycling from the EPA website.
And not just general facts, but true facts that everyone can relate to: for every piece of recyclable material, how much energy can you generate by saving?
One of the startling facts:
Put one aluminum can in the recycling [...]
Sole Responsibility is a non-profit out of Ottawa that is doing something remarkable with running shoes that are no longer brand new. Here is their mission:
We are a non-profit organization formed by a group of runners in Ottawa who want to donate gently used running and walking shoes overseas. As runners, we buy new [...]
Earlier in the month, I wrote a post about e-waste recycling. One part of the story that will only increase over time is disposal of fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). As these bulbs contain a small amount of mercury (hazardous to human health and the environment), they have to be properly recycled and should not be [...]
Following up on the CES show post, here is another thought. Are the computer monitors, TVs, hard drives that you take to a recyclery really being efficiently recycled? The answer may or may not surprise you:
According to Greencitizen, a San Francisco Bay Area company that helps individuals and organizations recycle electronics responsibly, the recycling process [...]
Recently, our cache of rechargeable batteries began to lose their ability to be charged. It has been a good 2-5 year run for most of them. But we use them in enough items (TV remote control, wireless mouse, phone) that this is becoming a problem.
Buying new ones is easy. How do I recycle the old [...]
This is the greatest recycling program a runner can ask for. Old news to some, but worth a reminder.
For years, the accumulation of my old running shoes bothered me. I felt guilty when thinking of donating old shoes to Salvation Army (and who knows if they would have taken them!).
Throwing these shoes out? Even worse.
Then [...]