Posts Tagged ‘recycle’

Workplace Recycling

August 4th, 2011

At work, I noticed a lot of paper gets tossed in the garbage.  5 steps away we have a recycling container.  I wonder why people don’t take the additional steps to help reduce waste.  Is it weird that I always pull out the paper waste from the garbage and move it to recycling?  I get a little embarrassed when people catch me doing this, but I always follow it up with a comment like, “I’m a recycler.” 

Is there anything that you do to conserve, recycle or reuse that you find embarrassing, but you do it anyways?  Is there anything that you wish your employer would improve on, in terms of going green?  If so, I would love to hear about it.

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Make your walks greener

August 3rd, 2011

I’m an avid recycler, and I was shocked today when I went on my daily walk that I noticed lots of cans, bottles along my path and I didn’t do anything about it.  What shocked me even more is how many people also walked past this waste and also didn’t do anything. 

Going forward, I vow to leave my walking path cleaner than it was before I walked by.   I will pick up cans/bottles and dispose of them in an eco-friendly way.  If we all did our best to pick up one piece of  garbage on our walks, just imagine how clean our city would get?

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What to do with electronic waste?

January 24th, 2011

As we are packing up to move soon, Ben decided to go through the closet storage in one of our bedrooms.  He came downstairs with a box loaded with cable cords, mouses and keyboards.  Stuff we’ve had for a long time, but never used.  I am glad he is giving this stuff up, but what do I do with it?  Our city of Fargo does an electronic recycling even once a year (they take in computers and tv’s).  That’s fine and dandy, but we only have computer parts.

I began searching for what to do with electronic waste on Google and I came across a link that gave me the answer.  Earthlink gave me several different places, depending upon what you want to recycle.  One retail store that sounds promising is Best Buy.   If you click on that link it will take you to a website that will help you find out what they take in.   It states that most things are recycled free with a few exceptions.  Other sites to consider is RadioShack.  They also have a trade in option if the electronics you have still has some value.  If it doesn’t have value, you can still recycle it through them.

I have a goal to get this done this week to clear the clutter in our home.  I will post again later to let you know how it went.  Do you have any other references on recycling electronic waste?  If so please leave me a comment below.  Thank you for visiting!

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