Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

Living Green, One Tip at a Time -

# 7-  Recycle  (part 1) 

• Recycle Bins: Create designated holding "bins" for each type of recycled product and place in convenient locations in your home/garage
• Recycling Fact Sheet: Create a local recycling fact sheet for yourself and interested neighbors. The local Yellow Pages, Internet Consumer Recycling Guide and Recycling Resources are great resources. Find out where you can recycle:
• glass
• paper products
• plastic grocery bags (better yet - use cloth bags)
• plastic - including 1 - 7 identification codes
• aluminum
• cardboard
• tin cans
• scrap metal
• motor oil (one quart of oil can kill fish in thousands of gallons of water)
• ink cartridges
• household appliances such as refrigerators
• computer equipment and other electronic devices
• aseptic packaging (square boxes used for liquids)
• styrofoam
• tires
• athletic shoes (contact a local sporting goods or athletic shoe store - some donate used shoes, others recycle them)
• etc.

The information contained in this post was obtained, with permission, from the following site -

http://www.globalstewards.org/ecotips.htm#reduce

Monica