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  • How to Recycle Practically Anything : Old Myths are Shattering and New Options Come Online (by Sally Deneen)

    From page: "How to Recycle Practically Anything Old Myths are Shattering and New Options Come Online by Sally Deneen Don't throw away those exercise videos and ubiquitous AOL CDs. Jim Williams wants you to mail old videotapes and CDs to him, so that more than 40 disabled staffers... more

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  • Rated by artfuldodgerx on Aug 17, 7:43am

    Recycling one aluminum can conserves 300 watt-hours, enough to run a 100-watt bulb for three hours...just ONE can, imagine multiplying that

  • Rated by saltwatermatt on Jun 07, 7:49pm

    Get this: Recycling and reuse businesses now employ about as many people as the auto industry, if not more, according to a 2001 "U.S. Recycling Economic Information Study" commissioned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and several states through an agreement with the National Recycling Coalition. At least 1.1 million people now work in the industry, more than triple the jobs in mining." Article challenges assumptions that recycling is ineffective. Provides detailed advice re. whow to recycle a wide range of things

  • Rated by murmur55 on May 16, 4:39pm

    ...no excuses not to recycle...everything

  • Rated by Moonflower3260 on Apr 13 2009, 7:37pm

    Don't throw away those exercise videos and ubiquitous AOL CDs. Jim Williams wants you to mail old videotapes and CDs to him, so that more than 40 disabled staffers at his ACT Recycling in Columbia, Missouri can recycle them. And, oh, don't toss out those used Fed-Ex envelopes or broken smoke detectors; their manufacturers take them back for recycling.

  • Rated by kenninger on Mar 30 2009, 9:13am

    great

  • Rated by marsha-tm on Mar 15 2009, 2:00pm

    reduce your carbon footprint!

  • Rated by ribcaged on Feb 23 2009, 9:14am

    How to Recycle Practically Anything : Old Myths are Shattering and New Options Come Online (by Sally Deneen)! Wow.

  • Rated by Iain-Davidson on Dec 18 2008, 8:57pm

    From page: "How to Recycle Practically Anything Old Myths are Shattering and New Options Come Online by Sally Deneen Don't throw away those exercise videos and ubiquitous AOL CDs. Jim Williams wants you to mail old videotapes and CDs to him, so that more than 40 disabled staffers at his ACT Recycling in Columbia, Missouri can recycle them. And, oh, don't toss out those used Fed-Ex envelopes or broken smoke detectors; their manufacturers take them back for recycling. © Jason Kremkau Indeed, these days, it seems that more cast-offs than ever can be recycled. No matter where you live, you can recycle a wide range of discards--aseptic juice packages, printer cartridges, ordinary batteries, iPods, PDAs, and even cell phones. ... "

  • Rated by Abhinas on Mar 19 2008, 10:09pm

    "First, consider selling books to used bookstores or online at such sites as Amazon.com. Or donate them to libraries, thrift stores or the International Book Project (888-999-2665, www.intlbookproject.org). No go? Some curbside recycling programs, including New York Cityâ€s, accept paperbacks, comic books and other soft-cover books. Hardbacks, too, are accepted for recycling on the Stanford University campus and during special monthly â€oeElectronics & Books Recycling Days” in Kane County, Ill. Check your recycling programâ€s rules. "