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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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  • RecycleBank: 25 New Points from Hellmann’s


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    Today you can get 25 FREE RecycleBank points . If you are not a RecycleBank Member you can sign up Here for FREE first. After you join, come back and click here to earn 25 easy points for taking a quiz about Hellman’s products. Don’t forget to grab these FREE Pantene points as well. Related ...
    3 hours ago
  • Waste King’s Eight Steps to Being Greener


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    Waste King, the environmentally-friendly specialist collections, clearance and recycling company which guarantees to recycle over 84 per cent of all the waste it collects, has published its top eight suggestions to help everyone enjoy a ‘greener’ lifestyle. Waste King’s managing director, Glenn Currie, said: ...
    6 hours ago
  • Living on Less Money - Ways to Save


    At Home with Mama SyderAuthority Authority: 108
    People often ask me how we manage financially since we have downshifted our lives and the answer is quite simple ...We improvise. Most things we do or want in life there is always a cheaper alternative and when I say cheaper I dont mean the quality of the product or experience is less, I just mean in the financial ...
    1 day ago
  • Eyeing Your Electronics Recycling Options


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    The saddest sight in the world of consumer electronics may be coming to a street near you: an old cathode-ray-tube display left on the sidewalk in the vain hope that somebody will pick it up or that it will find a safe burial in a landfill. That CRT probably has company in a closet, basement or attic: other ...
    2 days ago
  • Parasite Farm kitchen composting unit helps grow vegetables indoors


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    German designers Charlotte Dieckmann and Nils Ferber have come up with a fabulous way dispose away all the waste food your home generates. The Parasite Farm is the perfect addition for the urban home that lacks the outdoor space for a proper composting area. Today, food waste is known to make up about 13% of trash in ...
    2 days ago
  • Recycled Candles - Making Votives and Tea Lights


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    Do you enjoy burning candles? And you are wondering what to do with the unsightly candle stubs? Well, I have the answer and solution to your problem - recycle the wax and make votives and tea lights. Wondering how to do it? In the article Recycled Candles - Making Votives and Tea Lights by Erica, owner of The Bonnie ...
    3 days ago
  • Sustainable Local Food & Fun


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    Listen,  laugh & learn with the Green Divas (and Green Dude Scott) anytime -  Podcast here! You are going to hear us talking a lot this year about “gettin’ local wherever you are.” It’s kind of our 2012 theme. We’ve always believed strongly in supporting our local communities, but we’ve also ...
    3 days ago
  • Getting Local Green Diva Style


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    Listen,  laugh & learn with the Green Divas (and Green Dude Scott) anytime -  Podcast here! You are going to hear us talking a lot this year about “gettin’ local wherever you are.” It’s kind of our 2012 theme. We’ve always believed strongly in supporting our local communities, but we’ve also ...
    4 days ago
  • Transition tip: Reduce your stuff


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    Transition tip: Reduce your stuff. Think about creative ways you can recycle your existing stuff. Think about selling your unwanted stuff on ebay. You could give  away your unwanted stuff to a charity or freecycle . Apartment Therapy has a 8 week program from reducing the clutter in your house. The Story of ...
    5 days ago
  • What to do with used dryer sheets


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    Click on photo for tutorial Can you believe that beautiful lantern was made from used dryer sheets?  Blogging ladies are sooo creative! I can see this beautiful idea as a mobile or a lantern.  Myric from PetitesPassion blog was kind enough to give a very detailed tutorial.  She did mention concerns about ...
    6 days ago
  • Sailing on the Se7en Seas… Treasure Ships for Lilla A!!!


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    So Lilla A cried out for treasure ships and we had to comply… with a fleet!!! If we could fit this post into a bottle we would and we would send it off to Lilla A… We started with a map… because to find treasure you need a map… A boring old snoring old map… We chopped it up… ...
    1 week ago
  • More Re-Use- Yard Art Division


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     So you are driving down a road in a residential neighborhood and you see this on a parking strip along a sidewalk in front of a home. Call the HOA? No, take a pic. It was done by sculptors who live at this home for yard art!  Here is what is inside of the cab of the bus. All in all it makes on cool and chic ...
    1 week ago
  • 3 Easy And Smart Ways To Recycle Your Old iPhone


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    If you were recently given a shiny new iPhone 4 S for Christmas or your birthday and have the older 3G S in your possession, it might be time to recycle . It’s not as hard as you would think and in some cases, you might make a few bucks from your planet-friendly deed. Below .... [Read More]
    1 week ago
  • Starbucks Re-Use


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     I know I kinda bitch now and then about Starbucks. But this new Starbucks store in Locate just south of the Museum of Flight, on East Marginal Way in Tukwila, WA has me rethinking my position. Made out of used shipping containers, it is a prime example of Re-Use. Unfortunately, it is drive- thru and walk up service ...
    1 week ago
  • 39 Ways to Recycle at School


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    Creative Commons License photo credit: Montgomery Cty Division of Solid Waste Services Have you noticed how schools accumulate a ton of waste? Many materials that are used and generated in schools can be recycled, such as electronic waste, food and books. Often, the biggest challenge is that paper is not recycled. ...
    1 week ago
  • Apple’s Reuse and Recycle program lets you trade your old gadgets for cash


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    If you’re concerned about saving the environment, Apple has the perfect scheme for you. the Cupertino firm’s Reuse and Recycle program lets you trade in your old iPod, Mac, iPhone, iPad, mobile phone (by any manufacturer), laptop (Windows), or desktop (Windows) for cash. The cash will be paid to your bank account ...
    1 week ago
  • Let Your Garden Help You Reduce, Reuse and Recycle: A Full Circle Review & Giveaway


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    Making the most of what we already have, stretching our dollars and making responsible choices for our environment, when we can, are ideals and qualities that all of us want to instill in our children and practice in our own homes.  F ull Circle is a company I have been recently introduced to that makes it a ...
    1 week ago
  • EcoATM looking to become the Redbox of device recycling


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    A California-based company is looking to make the lives of technophiles easier by providing an easy way to get rid of old, unwanted electronics. Called EcoATM, the company claims to be the first to develop kiosks, to be placed in supermarkets and other retail locations, that allow users to receive immediate cash for ...
    1 week ago
  • Vintage Sheet Double Take


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    Take a second look at vintage sheets and see what possibilities are in store: For the Home This fun mobile is made from vintage sheet swatches. Made by Jamie of Sew She Sews, this mobile will brighten up any dark corner in your home. Ruffles and vintage sheets? And look at the dresser. I am speachless! ...
    1 week ago
  • How to make a recycled shag rug doggy bed


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    Sometimes the photography of a recycled project is just as fun as the project. This was my favorite photo over at the blog Sew Doggy Style where Erika featured her tutorial on how to sew a doggy bed from a recycled shag rug . Her doggies love it! The photos prove it.
    1 week ago

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