recycling

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, and so 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 reuse as many objects as possible, and not discard them (even to the recycling bin) until absolutely necessary.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “recycling”

• NJ Residents: Recycle your Unwanted or Expired Medication Nov 14, 2009

  
  Green Talk — Authority: 115
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• 70 percent American households recycle at Home

  
  Assam Information Portal — Authority: 444
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• Earn a Few Extra Quid: Recycle Mobile Phones

  
  The Apple iPhone Blog — Authority: 141
  Benefit now when you choose to recycle mobile phones . The fact that people replace their old mobile phones regularly means that more and more old handsets are getting winding up on landfills. Therefore damaging our environment and threatening all living things nearby. More than 1 billion new mobile phones will ...
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• Recycle My Oil

  
  Mindzle - Living Green Smart - Sustainable Living Articles — Authority: 123
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• Portland project forages for urban edibles so they dont go to waste

  
  Oregon Living — Authority: 803
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• Traditional and some not so traditonal ways to recycle a bottle

  
  Craft Gossip — Authority: 159
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• There is Plenty of Cash to be Earned through Mobile Phone Recycling: This is your Chance!

  
  The Apple iPhone Blog — Authority: 141
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• Water channeling, recycled bricks?

  
  TechBurgh Blog and PodCast — Authority: 478
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• Save Money by Reusing Items Destined for the Recycling Bin

  
  Creditinfocenter Blog — Authority: 124
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• Heinz On Track to Reduce GHG Emissions, Waste, Energy Use and Water Consumption 20% by 2015

  
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• Random Inspiration

  
  Halle's Hobbies — Authority: 122
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• November 15th is America Recycles Day!

  
  Kiwilog - Growing Families the Organic Way — Authority: 425
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• Strange Brew

  
  Felt Inspired — Authority: 106
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