Recycling is a great way to help our community and the world.
Go to recyclingbin.com and there you can buy recycling bins. You can buy environmentally friendly ones and even customize your own!
Did you know you can recycle other thing then paper? Well know you do. Here is a few things you can
(can can recycle or donate for parts)
*Eyeglassses
*Hearing Aids
*Washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators
*Bathtubs, toilets and sinks
*Phone Books
*Computers
*Smoke detectors
*Cell phones
*Ink Cartridges
*Batteries
*Telephones
*Magazines
*Packing foam and peanuts
*Fluorescent Bulbs
*Paint
*PDA's
*Motor Oil
*Cars
*Books
*Carpets, Rugs, And paddings
*Clothes
*Plastic Bags
*Albums and Cd's
*Clothes Hangers
*Christmas Trees
*Leaves
*Barbecue Propane Tanks
*Sewing Machines
*Mattresses
*Televisions
*Fencing
*Fire Extinguishers
*Grass Clippings
Around 80% of trash is put into landfills, 10% is burned ( which is air polluting) :(, And only 10% is recycled :0 which is bad because the average person makes around 3.5 pounds of trash a day
Americans use about 50 million tons of paper a year which consumes around 850 million trees (doesn't that just make you want to recycle?)
If you recycled the whole Sunday issue print run of New York Times it would save 75,000 trees
If you use recycled paper you can save around 60% of the water that's used for making paper
Thanks to gamil.com (which has some very interesting blogs) we learned that there is a boat called the Plastiki made entireally of recycled plastic! It is powered by solar panels and turbines.