More Ways to Help the Environment
January 28th, 2009 | Author: admincato
When it comes to finding ways to help the environment, way to go green is determined to find ideas that will fit into your everyday life. Everyone has their differences but one thing we all do have in common, is that we all produce trash. And lots of it! Finding ways to keep less of your trash in landfills is very important. Read on because these are great ways to help the environment.
In Ireland, people are actually charged for the amount of garbage they produce. This was put into place to encourage people to be more conscious of recycling and even composting. Some companies here in the U.S. are taking this approach to trash removal as well. Customers pay a fee per bag of trash they get rid of.
Composting has been around for many years and it is a great way to help reduce the amount of trash you produce. There are machines you can buy that are installed right into your kitchen. They take your compostable materials such as fruit/vegetable waste, stale bread, coffee grounds/tea bags, egg shells and so much more and compost it into rich soil.
Take the old fashioned route and build a compost bin in your yard. You can put all of the above into it plus grass clippings, leaves, old newspapers, and the list goes on and on. You have to mix it up occasionally to help it break down faster. You can also buy worms that aid in your composting efforts as well.
Way to go green will be posting a list of compostable materials so be on the look out for that and start your own compost bin. It helps cut down how much of your waste ends up in landfills, it provides you with rich soil, and it’s a fantastic way to help the environment.
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In addition to the usual items that people can recycle (glass, aluminum, paper) there is a growing list of electronics that can be recycled rather than trashed. Rechargeable batteries not only last longer than alkaline batteries, meaning you end up using less of them for your electronics, rechargeable batteries can be recycled for free at the end of their useful life. There are a lot of cordless electronic products that people use daily that get their cordless power only by rechargeable batteries: laptop computers, camcorders, digital cameras, cell phones, power tools, two-way radios, remote control toys, electric razors & toothbrushes, cordless vacs, mp3 players, PDAs…
Call2Recycle.org is a nonprofit organization that provides free drop off locations in the US and Canada. They work with retail stores that sell cordless electronics and replacement batteries. It’s easy, free and convenient. Places like RadioShack, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Staples, Best Buy.
@Theresa,
That is such great information! I always wondered if those collection boxes in retail stores were a scam or not. So next time I will look closer and thanks so much for bringing it to our attention.
Cato