Archive for the ‘ Freecycle ’ Category

Earth Day is on April 22 but why wait till then

Recycle Bank and Burts Bees sent me a list of 10 Earth Day tips to use on this site. They’re great tips, but as I was reading them over I realized (even before I got to their ending comment) – these are all things you can do any day, not just on Earth Day.  As [ READ MORE ]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Packing and Shipping Materials

Just about now during the holidays, if you shop online, you’re being inundated with boxes full of gifts. But those boxes probably contain more packing materials than gifts. It’s amazing the over packaging that some companies do. What do you do with all of those packing and shipping materials that end up piled high in [ READ MORE ]

10 Easy Ways to Be More Sustainable with Your Home Organizing

In September my youngest goes to school full time. With that, I will be devoting more time to freelance writing. I plan on putting in 25 hours a week actually working instead of the 10-12 I put in now. If I want to be make those 25 very efficient hours, I need to be getting [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week – E-Waste

E-Waste is the waste that comes from discarded electronic equipment such as computers, mobile phones, mp3 players, televisions, and other electronic equipment. When these items end up in landfills or get burned in an incinerator toxic substances like lead, mercury and cadmium end up contaminating the land we live on, the water we drink, and [ READ MORE ]

"Tis the Season to Freecycle

In my last post, I relayed how I was putting all of my shipping/packing materials left over from buying online onto Freecycle. Within 24 hours someone had come and picked it all up. I also was able to find someone who needed the kitty condo that our cat never uses. That was gone within 24 [ READ MORE ]

I Hate Packing Peanuts

Packing peanuts have got to be on my top ten most annoying things ever list. Not only are they bad for the environment, they have malicious little minds of their own. They fly all over the place, stick my hands and my clothes, and take forever to scoop out of a box. There is no [ READ MORE ]

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