Recycling Beyond Newspapers, Bottles, and Cans
• Cell Phone, Remotes, and Some Electronic Toys: Find a site to recycle items with rechargeable batteries at Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation.
• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: Go to Earth911 for recycling centers near you.
• Crayon Bits: Make new crayons. Remove the paper from crayons and fill muffin tins halfway that have been sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 200°F for about 10-12 minutes. Watch closely because they can burn. Let them cool completely and remove from the muffin pan.
• Plastic bags: Find a local place to recycle the bags at Plastic Bag Recycling. Some retailers such as Wal Mart even take back their own bags for recycling and Wal Mart even gives their employees a piece of the profit in order to encourage customers to return the bags as well.
• Food Scraps: The average family generates 200 pounds of kitchen waste every year. Start a small compost bin in your own back yard and use your scraps to help fertilize your lawn, garden and even your own flowers beds. If you have a veggie garden, it is a neat things for kids to help pick the veggies out of the garden and even take back to the garden the scraps they did not use, such as tomato ends, green bean pods, squash and even cucumber pieces and skin.
*Natural and Sustainable Living Tip: Power down your phantom power drainers. The electricity consumed by appliances while not in use accounts for about 5 percent of the home every usage. Plug in all your electrical appliances such as TVs and stereos into a power strip and when you are not using them, flip the switch. Especially if you are going away on vacation or going to bed. Plug you computer into a power strip as well.
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