Moving from one home to another is not a low-impact activity. If you're relocating from one coast to the other, you could use as much as 120 pounds of cardboard and generate 5,000 pounds of climate-changing carbon dioxide. Even moving from one side of your state to another could have a 500-pound carbon impact, given the fuel burned by moving […]
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TV Recycling? Here’s How
In the wake of the nation-wide switch to digital television, are you wondering what to do with your old analog TV sets? Recycling them is easier than you think – and better for the planet, too. Trashing televisions adds to the mountains of garbage people throw away every day. Plus, tossing your tv releases toxic chemicals into the environment. On […]
Recycling Computers Locally and On-Line
Recycling computers is an environmental essential. Most computer components — including the monitor, keyboard, and hard drive — contain heavy metals, like lead and cadmium, which can contaminate drinking water and wreak havoc on human health. Even if they didn’t threaten our well-being, trashed computers and other electronics are the fastest growing sector of the […]
Where Can You Recycle Cellphones? Everywhere.
Recycling cell phones is one of the easiest ways you can protect the planet. • Leave it behind when you buy a new phone. Sprint, Verizon,T-Mobile, AT&T, Nokia, and Motorola all participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “Plug in to e-cycling” program and will accept any cell phone or PDA at any of their retail […]
“Green” Cell Phones Can Help Fight Climate Change
If you’re in the market for a new cell phone, consider one of these “green” models that are being featured at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. * Motorola’s MOTO W233 Renew – constructed of plastic made from recycled water bottles; can be completely recycled. Cost: $9.99 with a two-year contract; buy through T-Mobile. Comes in packaging […]
Should you use up cosmetics you already have before buying new, safer products?
When do you use up products you already have, and when do you either try to return them or just opt to throw them away? I got that question today. Here it is in full, along with my answer: “I would like your opinion. Before I heard you on Martha Stewart on Sirius, I was […]
Recycling CFLs is Finally Easy to Do!
If you like the idea of energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs but worry about the mercury they contain, now you can worry a lot less. The Home Depot is selling bulbs that have cut the amount of mercury most bulbs contain in half. And when you’re finished with the bulbs, you can recycle them – […]