There are some things we may use in our lives that are so toxic to the environment that they should never make it to a landfill. We should also never dump these items (if in liquid form) into the water supply through a home sink or a street storm drain. Not only is it illegal [...]
Best Buy is expanding a pilot electronics recycling program to the entire United States. Beginning February 15th, 2009, you will be able to bring up to two electronic units per day per household to your nearest Best Buy for recycling. They will accept televisions and monitors up to 32″ in size, desktop PC’s, notebooks and [...]
The holidays are a time for good cheer, family gatherings, eating lots of goodies–and unfortunately also a time for a lot of environmental waste. From the dried-up Christmas tree, to the mounds of paper and ribbon, to the unwanted gifts that get thrown away, to all that left over food–it’s one heck of a holiday [...]
Do you have an old mattress you need to get rid of? Mattresses are full of materials and chemicals that are decidedly not eco friendly: formaldehyde, polyurethane, petroleum based materials, volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), and so on. (Come to think of it, why are we sleeping on something containing such hazardous chemicals? More on that [...]