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05 Oct Posted by in Recycle | 2 comments

How could i start an aerosol can recycling program in my town?

by Pictoscribe Question by sprydle: How could i start an aerosol can recycling program in my town? I just noticed at my work how much of these things we use but in a small southern town not to many people care at all about recycling. How could i get a program started so people will […]

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05 Oct Posted by in Recycle | 5 comments

Where Does the Garbage Go?: Revised Edition (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

by Urban Woodswalker Where Does the Garbage Go?: Revised Edition (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) ISBN13: 9780064451147 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Follow that garbage truck!…to the landfill to see how trash keeps piling up…to the […]

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05 Oct Posted by in Recycle | 1 comment

Q&A: have waste paper to recycle, but can’t find out where to bring it?

Question by Darla: have waste paper to recycle, but can’t find out where to bring it? Hi, in southern westchester, ny (south of white plains) building stopped taking waste paper for recycling and i don’t know where to bring all this paper! all the places i’ve called only do offices or whatever, they don’t take […]

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05 Oct Posted by in Recycle | 4 comments

How can I recycle plastic food containers other than bottles?

Question by Archipet: How can I recycle plastic food containers other than bottles? Our kerbside recycling collects plastic bottles but won’t take any other plastics. We recycle or compost almost all other waste and we collect our plastic packaging – films, food containers, yoghurt pots, blister packs, etc. Anybody know how and where I can […]

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05 Oct Posted by in Recycle | Comments

True Green Energy Group Hits Pay Dirt Worldwide With Mountains of Gold in Trash

True Green Energy Group Hits Pay Dirt Worldwide With Mountains of Gold in Trash Turning garbage into energy calls to mind the 1980s film “Back to the Future,” which inspired whimsical images of future cars powered on waste. Since that time, the technology for turning trash waste into electricity and biofuel has become a reality. […]

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05 Oct Posted by in Recycle | Comments

How does a recycling facility sort the different types of materials?

Question by Jiggity: How does a recycling facility sort the different types of materials? I am talking about facilities where they pick up all the paper, cans, glass, cardboard, etc. together in one container at the curbside and then have to sort them all out at the facility. The citizens do not do any sorting […]

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04 Oct Posted by in Recycle | Comments

Arlington Hts. schools find way to break down Styrofoam lunch trays

Arlington Hts. schools find way to break down Styrofoam lunch trays Students at Westgate School in Arlington Heights know the drill: they throw garbage in one can, recyclables in another, and their Styrofoam trays in a third receptacle. Read more on Daily Herald Community Briefs Solar garden tour this weekend read more Read more on […]

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04 Oct Posted by in Recycle | 4 comments

I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Little Green Books)

by clurr I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Little Green Books) ISBN13: 9781416967897 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed A new “green” series!: Little Green Books will […]

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04 Oct Posted by in Recycle | 1 comment

Recycling: are You Building a Wall?

Recycling: are You Building a Wall? Americans throw away enough paper in a year to build a wall 12 feet high from New York City to Los Angeles. This fact is from earth911.org, a public service Website that focuses on recycling issues. Now that’s a lot of paper! Despite the hype that computer makers […]

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04 Oct Posted by in Recycle | Comments

Elizabethton Hosts First Electronic Waste Collection Event

The CD Recycling Box Image by London Permaculture The IT team at Amnesty get through a lot of CDs and DVDs, when they are out of use they are collected here. We’ve now let staff across the organisation know about this facility, so that anyone with waste Cds and DVDs can recycle them here. Elizabethton […]

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