Recycle

Recycling is the technique of processing used items into new products, in order to avoid wasting potentially useful materials. For example, used bottles can be melted down and the glass turned into new bottles, jars, or "glassphalt." Without recycling, these bottles would be sent to a landfill, where they take an as-yet-unknown time to biodegrade (so far our best guess is "never").

Recycling is a great way to keep trash out of landfills and to make best use of our existing resources. Many blogs and websites offer tips and tactics for recycling common household goods.

However, recycling is not always cost-efficient and sometimes downright ineffectual, creating more pollution than it saves. Debates and articles on the subject can be found throughout the blogosphere. Overall, though, recycling is considered to be a worthwhile use of resources, as everything from plastic to electronics can be processed. Still, common sense dictates that we should all re-use as many objects as possible, and not discard them (even to the recycling bin) until absolutely necessary.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “Recycle”

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  With the good efforts from Helsingin Energia, a Helsinki public energy company is going to generate energy and deliver hot water for the Finnish capital city.
  by jaideepkhanduja / on Dec 3, 2009
• in Lifestyle
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  by JanYuill / on Nov 30, 2009
• in Green
  The Three "R"s of the Environment
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  by breetreport / on Oct 15, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Recycle”

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  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
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• Recycle Bank: Coupons for Recycling

  
  Southern Savers — Authority: 595
  You might want to check out Recycle Bank to get some great high value coupons or other rewards, just for recycling! They have a few different programs that you can earn points with: Curbside Recycling for various cities report your recylcing Recycle Electronics through Gazelle and Flipswap Trade or ...
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• Recycled Truck Inner Tube Bags By English Retreads

  
  Keetsa Mattress Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News — Authority: 435
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• No Curbside Recycling? Try eCycler

  
  Keetsa Mattress Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News — Authority: 435
  If where you live there’s no curbside recycling offered, give new website eCycler a try. Essentially this is a matchmaking site of sorts, matching the recycler with the recyclee. You register on the site as either the one who has recyclables or as the one who will do the pick up. It’s free to use for both right ...
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• Free Computer Electronic Recycling EVENT Puyallup, WA

  
  Seattle Greendrinks - Convening and growing Seattle's environmental community since 2003. — Authority: 123
  Event Date:  01/02/2010 - 9:00am - 01/03/2010 - 3:30pm Event Location:  SOUTH Hill Mall Puyallup,WA 3500 S Meridian Puyallup, WA 98373 Puyallup , WA , 98373 United States See map: Google Maps ...
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• Ticket Giveaway: Go Green Expo 2010

  
  Keetsa Mattress Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News — Authority: 435
  If you would like a shot at going to an upcoming 2010 Go Green Expo , now is your chance to score some free tickets . Go Green Street is the one having the awesome giveaway where 2 new shiny tickets are up for grabs, to anyone who completes a series of easy tasks on the blog, such as leave a comment or Tweet ...
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• tutorial // recycle those mags and make a paper tree!

  
  renee anne art4friends; blog — Authority: 120
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• Buried Treasure!

  
  Mountain Mama — Authority: 112
  Buried treasure: old glass bottles, 1951-62 (based on outline lettering from the Clorox bottle) The thing thats really nice about old glass is that it can survive. It can be a fickle thing, shattering on impact, but sometimes, if its lucky, it can be tossed into a pile of trash, covered with dirt and then some ...
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• Eco-friendly Cardboard Baby Seat

  
  Keetsa Mattress Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News — Authority: 435
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• Paper Beads

  
  Hand Dyed Fabric & Threads — Authority: 126
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• Super Cool Recycled Sleds

  
  Keetsa Mattress Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News — Authority: 435
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• 10 Things You Can Do with Gift Wrapping, When the Holidays are Over

  
  The Budget Ecoist — Authority: 119
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• Green Gift Wrap: Kid-Made Wrapping Paper

  
  The 5min Blog — Authority: 131
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• Furoshiki – Wrap holiday presents in the green, Japanese style

  
  ouno — Authority: 421
  This is a Japanese tradition we desperately need to adopt in North America – re-using textiles to wrap presents. It’s an art form, but it’s worth learning because it dispenses with all the annoying and wasteful tape and paper and ribbon, it’s a fun skill to learn (for kids too), and it’s an educational ...
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• How do I create overlapping arrows in a circle (Illustrator)?

  
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