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The green home office: the purge

The purging of my office is coming along slowly but surely. I need to look at each piece of paper that has piled up and decide if it needs to be kept, scanned and gotten rid of, or plain ol’ gotten rid of. The papers that are going, I need to decide if they should [ READ MORE ]

Clearly opting out of the phonebook doesn’t work

Last week, as precipitation of one form or another was pummeling the East Coast, Yellow Book deliverers were busy placing unwanted phone books on the doorsteps of unsuspecting recipients. Those books sat there, soaking up water through the plastic bag that did nothing to protect them from the elements, until people like me opened their [ READ MORE ]

The green home office: my new project

Two years ago, my husband built me a fabulous desk. It’s six feet long and three feet wide. I want to see the top of it again. I want to walk into my office and not hear the crunch of paper under my feet. I want to sit down to do the bills and not [ READ MORE ]

Ecosystem recycled notebooks

Ecosystem contacted me and asked if I’d review their notebooks that they sell through Barnes & Noble. I’m a notebook junkie, so I said yes. They sent me three notebooks – two ecosystem authors with flexible covers and one ecosystem artist with a hard cover. They also have notebooks with paper covers. What I like: [ READ MORE ]

Curbside recycling confusion

If my town’s green team members are confused about what is and isn’t allowed in our curbside co-mingle recycling, it stands to reason that my town’s residents are going to be confused, too. At our meeting last night, we were working on coming up with items to put on two boards – one with items [ READ MORE ]

Don’t throw away your old television set

The day my mom has been dreaded has arrived. Television broadcasts are going all digital. My brother took care of getting her a conversion box, but she still has been a little concerned about it all. I was going to write a post about how to properly dispose of your old television set if you’re [ READ MORE ]

Video: How single stream recycling works (with an unexpected guest appearance by me)

A while back I wrote about the fact that my town was going to single stream recycling. Paper, glass, and metals are co-mingled in one container and they get sorted later at a facility. I found this video from ZapRoot on YouTube that shows how it works once it gets to the recycling center.  I [ READ MORE ]

Shred Stop: One of those smack your head against the walls, why didn’t I think of this ideas

I hate to shred papers. They pile up for months before I do it and then I employ my kids to do it which inevitably ends up with shredded paper all over the house by the time it’s done. And, we’ve gone through a few home shredders with burnt out motors – what a waste. [ 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 [ READ MORE ]

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