Courtesy of Squidoo
Buying green is great, but really the best way to live sustainably is to reduce your consumption and to recycle what you have.
The website Squidoo comes to rescue with a list of 50 things you can recycle. Here are some of the highlights:
#1 Old bricks can be recycled and are apparently valuable to some folks.
#5 There are many creative ways to use VHS tape, like VHS yarn, fly swatters, or insulation.
#10 Donate, sell, or reuse old kid toys.
#11 There are several (at least, 21) ways to reuse prescription pill bottles.
#20 Aveda will recycle your old bottle caps.
#22 Try one of these 25 ways to reuse old jeans
#32 Whole Foods accepts and recycles #5 Plastics.
#42 Even bread twist ties can have a second life.
#44 Sell your old books on Amazon.
#47 Turn recycled greeting cards into gift boxes.
And again, check out the entire list here.
There is also a new way to recycle styrofoam and none of it ever enters the land fills.
Check out our website and see for yourselves.
Thank you,
Missy R.
All Alabama Styrofoam recycling
missyr41@gmail.com
Thanks, Missy! Here’s a link to a site with contact info for All Alabama Styrofoam Recycling, as well as recycling companies in other states: http://www.thermocompaction.com/Work.html
Unfortunate here in Hawaii our options are limited. We are looking for ways to recycle and educate our community. Can you believe that this year due to our budget reduction we don’t have a recycle center for electronics in the island?
I am trying to find out what a fair price is for a trash can half full of scrap aluminum from household use: used foil, TV dinner dishes, etc. Thank you for any help you can offer…Jack Atwater
Good question, Jack! I’m not entirely sure, but according to this forum thread over at Craft KB, it sounds like .25-to-.40 cents per pound is a standard price: http://www.craftkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/welding/3385/Fair-price-for-scrap. Good luck!
Curious to know if you can recycle brass keys (large office door type keys)
Hi Tracy, I found the Action Recycling Center in Colorado, and the seem to recycle brass. I don’t where you’re located, but maybe you could send your brass keys to them: http://actionrecyclingcenter.com/brass_recycling_0.html
I’m sure there must be a recycling center near to you as well.
This website might also help: http://www.brassmetals.com/a/9500.html
And according to this forum, you might even be able to make a little money off of it: http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-449015.html
Hope this helps!