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Recycling

All about how to recycle goods so they don't go into landfills and harm our planet.
Apr 30 2009

Why is Recycling So Important?

Why Should I Recycle Anyways?

Green Plant amidst GarbageThere's plenty of facts out there on why recycling is beneficial. The world population is growing, not shrinking, and currently each  human being adds significant waste to the planet over his or her lifetime. In New York alone, people produce enough trash in one day to fill the entire Empire State building. The frustrating thing is, in most developed countries it's not all too difficult to make a difference. And what a difference we can make. Recycling a single edition of the New York Times saves 75,000 trees... read more »


Oct 21 2008

Should I recycle envelopes with plastic windows?

Will the plastic in envelopes mess up recycling?

Recycling envelope with windowsWe heard once that throwing just a small amount of unrecyclable material would screw up the recycling process, or cause the entire portion of recycled material to go to waste. So for a long time we would spend tedious hours cutting out the plastic windows from envelopes to make sure no non-recyclable materials got into our recycling bin. After a while we got fed up with all the time this process took, thinking - why should we have to spend hours of our time to make up for the credit card and other advertising companies' neglect of the environment? Well, after some research, it looks like recycling facilities are able to process those little plastic windows after all... read more »


Sep 15 2008

Recycling in Winston-Salem : What you should, and should not, recycle

Trying to decide what you can and cannot recycle in your city?

City recycling support varies from city to city. For those that live in our local community, Winston-Salem, NC, here's a list of things you should recycle. Anything not on this list should not be recycled at this time... read more »


May 14 2008

Freecycle Groups Network

What is freecycle?

Freecycling is a new trend that saves both the environment and your money.  Based on the motto One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure, Freecycle is all about people exchanging goods instead of buying new goods and trashing old ones... read more »