The Recycling Items Like Computers And TVs
With the way technology is out-doing themselves year after year with newer, better, bigger and improved products for computer users, you can surely just imagine the amount of waste that is generated when consumers upgrade along with the process. One household may have one or two computers to upgrade on a yearly basis but if you add to that computers and monitors from even a very small business, the numbers add up very quickly. Read more
Visit Any Landfill
For 43 years or so I’ve been someone who never really finished the thought; when I throw something away it goes…
I’ve given myself a very great gift this year; call it a field trip, if you like, but I took myself to my town’s landfill and had my eyes opened for the first time. Maybe the concept of someone reaching their 40s and still not being contientious of recycling is one that sounds very far-fetched, well, it’s the truth. I didn’t grow up imagining the Earth covered in over-flowing landfills, piles and piles of garbage as high as the tallest building that was not my experience. But because the very idea of leaving too much waste for the Earth to handle is a bitter reality today, I’ve begun to educate myself. Read more
Recycling To Keep Our Own Planet Healthy
We’ve all heard all the warnings; acid rain, global warming, landfills without any room, and on and on. We don’t recycle because it’s the “in” thing to do; we recycle because we don’t have any other options if we plan to leave the planet for many generations to come. Read more
How To Surely Prevent The Excess
The very idea of recycling is to reuse an item rather than toss it into the trash and have it end up filling space in a landfill, right? Here’s a thought; why not have the waste in the first place? Are you with me? How can this be at all accomplished, you may be asking yourself, and that’s good because I have a few ideas I’d like to share. Read more
A Good Look At New York City Recycling
New York City, in just its five boroughs, has a population of well over 8 million and in an area smaller than most states; you can just imagine how much waste is created on a daily basis. Recycling in New York City is very mandatory and has been since July 1989. Before that date, starting in 1986, recycling was voluntary and as it began to catch on, recycling-educating materials from pamphlets, decals to TV and newspaper advertisements flooded the area up until 1997, when all five boroughs and all 59 districts were recycling all of the very same materials. By this time an impact was being made in recycling waste right up until the events of September 11th, 2001. After the 9/11 tragedy forced budget cuts were implemented for the Department of Sanitation.
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Are You Doing Everything That You Can With Your Recycling
It may come as a big surprise to you, but there is a really, really good chance that the town or city you live in offer a service you may not have heard of; an energy audit. Cities and towns all over the country have started doing this, where an auditor comes to your home and goes through your living space and helps you to see where you could make some changes that will not only help you conserve energy but will help you save money! What a bonus it is to save some money by doing the right thing. Read more
