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The ziploc bag dilemma

Ziploc bags? How un-environmental, right? Still, sometimes they come in handy. I only use a fraction of the amount I used to use. I try to find alternatives like reusing bread bags and cereal box liners instead of ziplocs. But as I’m working towards wasting less food and cooking double batches to save money and [ READ MORE ]

Plastic caps can be recycled through Aveda

The plastic bottles that most of us put in our recycling bins are #1 or #2 plastics – those are the most easily recyclable plastics. The caps that are one those bottles, however, are often made from a thicker plastic – #5. Most people toss them right into the recycling bin with the bottles, but [ READ MORE ]

How to recycle video cassettes, denim jeans, wine corks and more: An a little greener roundup

I’ve noticed that some of the posts that keep getting page views on this blog are ones about How to Recycle different hard to recycle items. Since I’m approaching my 45oth post here on A Little Greener Every Day, I thought I’d sift through the back posts, and bring all the recycling ones together in [ READ MORE ]

Origins helps you recycle cosmetics packaging

When the lipstick runs out and the mascara goes dry, what do you do with the plastic containers they come in? Chances are you throw them in the trash because they aren’t easily recyclable. Origins cosmetics now has a program that allows consumers to bring cosmetic containers of any brand to their stores to be recycled. Starting [ READ MORE ]

Recycle your denim jeans and help set a world record

National Geographic Kids magazine is asking kids to help them set a Guinness World Record. They want to create the world’s largest collection of clothes to recycle, and they are asking kids to send in old denim jeans to be recycled into insulation through the Cotton. From Blue to Green program.  Recycling denim into insulation is [ READ MORE ]

How to Recycle Cell Phones

I told you a couple of weeks ago I was finally going to get rid of my Chocolate devil phone and purchase an iPhone. I finally got around to it last week, and now I’ve got my old cell phone sitting here waiting to be responsibly disposed of. What are my options? Donate it Google the phrase [ READ MORE ]

Recycle Your Christmas Cards and Help a Good Cause

Yesterday, I wrote about a company that will accept your old and broken strands of Christmas lights for recycling. Today, I bring you St. Jude’s Ranch for Children that has a program that accepts all types of greeting cards, including Christmas cards, for their recycling program. Now through Feb. 28, 2009, they are accepting donations of [ READ MORE ]

Recycling Christmas Lights

Good Morning. I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. We’ve got a few days break until New Year’s hits, so I’m back at work. The boys, however, are not back at school. I feel so blessed that I can work from home and accommodate their schedules. I like it when they are off. The morning [ 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 the [ READ MORE ]

How to Recycle Old Video Cassettes and Floppy Disks

I just came across a really great place to donate your old video cassettes and floppy disks to so they can be recycled. It’s a  program called ACT (Alternative Community Training). They take donations of these items and have their employees erase the data on them so they can be reused again. Their employees are people [ READ MORE ]

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