Category: Recycling
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Recycled bottles can create a dream home
In El Salvador, a couple, Prudencio Amaya, 102, and Maria Ponce, 78, decided that not having enough money to build a home won’t stop them from having their dream house. Their home, called “La Casita Encantada” or “The Enchanted Cottage,” has drawn attention for its clever use of recycled bottles as building material. Prudencio and…
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Be the Light
A great use for those plastic soda bottles, and a way to save on electric bills. Mabuhay!
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Rebuild, Reuse, Recycle
Film Biz Recycling is offering lumber, paint, furniture, and other props from movies or photo shoots to Brooklyn-based victims of Hurricane Irene. You can call or email them at donate@filmbizrecycling.org. You can also drop by their warehouse on 540 President St. Click here for the full article.
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Upcycling
I had an Odwalla bar the other day and found out that if you collect the wrappers, you can raise money for a charity of your choice. You can send hard-to-recycle waste materials, like candy wrappers or chip bags to Terracycle, where they will be converted to new products. For each unit of waste, the…
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Sell your Cell
Flipswap is a website that will give you cash for your old cell phone. They will recycle it or resell it. They will also plant a tree for each recycled phone. Get your free shipping label at Greenphone.
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SAFE
Want to give your plush toys a second home? You can donate them to SAFE, Stuffed Animals for Emergencies. They’ll distribute them to hospitals, homeless shelters, and for paramedics to give out to injured or traumatized children during their calls. The organization also accepts books, blankets, and other toys. So do your part and help…
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Save the Earth, Fight Cancer
DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow donor center, has partnered with Cell Phones for Cancer in the fight against leukemia and lymphoma. CPC recycles electronic items and donates a portion of its proceeds to help fight cancer. They also accept laptops, digital cameras, ink cartridges, mp3 players, DVDs, among other things. If you have 10…
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New life in plastic, it’s fantastic!
I always reuse plastic bags but I haven’t really thought about recycling them until recently. Even though I see drop off bins at my local supermarkets. The bags get converted to post-consumer resin in pipes, pallets, bags, crates and other containers. They also find new life as lumber used in building and construction materials. According…
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Paper…so easy to use, so easy to waste
In our office, the recycling bin is always chock-full of used paper. Sadly, most of them were printed only on one side. The other side, completely blank. Thank goodness, though because I usually gather them together and reuse them as notepads. I don’t even bother to cut or bind them. I have one big binder…