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Recycling
Asked by J.A. from San Francisco
on June 4, 2010
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What are some good sites for recycling stuff?
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- Hi J.~ Try www.freecycle.org. It is a great place to get or get rid of stuff and it's free! Lucy B.
- it depends on where you live, it might be listed in her local phone book, or on yellowpages.com. many things can be recycled which a good thing. For some things you do...
- Here's what I do: freecycle for stuff I cannot donate to a thrift store: stuff like cardboard boxes, packing material (besides styrofoam peanuts which I take to a UPS ...
Clueless About Recycling
Asked by J.C. from Phoenix
on May 8, 2008
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I would like to start recycling more. In our previous home we were not able to get a recycling bin and so we got out of the habit of recycling. With that said, I am ...
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- Hi JC, No judgment, no shame:) When I first moved here, I had many of the same questions. I called the Waste Management Department and talked with them directly. ...
- Your best bet is to contact your refuse pick up company and ask them your questions. Plastics 1 and 2 are ok, glass, tin, aluminium and newspapers corigated cardboard ...
- do you live in ABQ? If so, they don't have any bins. Just put things in bags by the road on your trash day. Glass has to be recycled at the centers, located around ...
Recycling Batteries?
Asked by M.H. from Dallas
on October 5, 2009
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Does anyone know of a place that accepts dead batteries for recycling in the DFW area? I hate to keep putting them in the trash and they add up quickly with all the k...
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- I usually just pitch batteries. We go through a lot with the wii. I do take my printer cartridges to Staples. They send me a check every other month or so at $3 p...
- Elementary schools have recycle bins for them. FInd a school with some sort of Green Team, and they will gladly get them recycled for you! Call Radio Shack, or Best B...
- Radio Shacks recycle batteries. I just keep a baggie and when it gets full, drop them off.
Recycling
Asked by C.S. from Columbia
on November 20, 2008
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Does anyone know if photographs can be recycled just like regular paper? I am scrapbooking my photos and throwing out any that aren't "worthy", and just wondered if I...
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- Hi there, I don't see why you couldn't recycle it, but like somebody else said, I would check with your R Company first. Also, and this is just paranoid me, but I alw...
- I do not believe that photos can be recycled with regular paper. Too many chemicals? The paper I got from Waste Mgmt for recycling says "Do not include: food contami...
- I'm not 100% sure but I would bet you can. All of our junk mail is recyclable and it is from so many different types of paper. I would imagine paper is paper, it isnt ...
Recycling
Asked by J.W. from Los Angeles
on May 28, 2008
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ok...this may sound naive but does anyone have a good resource for
learning what exactly can be recycled? i know the basics - but what i
am finding out is that thing...
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- call your sanitation company or visit their website they ususally list the items they recycle. Their lists usually list the recycling numbers they work with. Pizza box...
- Go to your Sanitation Dept. website and also go to the LACSD Hazardous Waste Collection website (www.lacsd.org) for recycling light bulbs (all kinds) and batteries, et...
- I'm not sure what city you're in, but here's the info for Long Beach. You might try a google search for your city's sanitation department, although my guess is it's p...
Recycling
Asked by C.S. from Phoenix
on August 3, 2008
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I need info on how to recycle odd items.
Such as old medicine. I dont want to throw old birth control pills down the toilet, where they end up in our water supply.
s...
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- for bigger appliances and such there is a website called freecycle, just look for the one around you. people ask for and give away stuff for free.
- Good that you are thinking about this! There is a great website that has local information by zipcode: www.earth911.org. Hope it helps!
- Check out www.earth911.com I'm not sure about medications and such, but there seems to be a lot of info. on there about how to safely discard things, and/or find a wa...
RECYCLING HELP Near NW Houston
Asked by R.C. from Houston
on June 5, 2008
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Hello Everyone, I have been trying to become a GREEN MOM! I want to do my part in recycling, but I haven't not been able to find some where to take my water bottles a...
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- You should check with your water board committe. We did the same thing and we got free recycling for our whole community. Also walmart usually has plastic bag recycle ...
- We also use the recycling center off Kirby/59/Westpark. And we have used the one at Westpark/Chimney Rock. We recycle paper, all cans (aluminum and bi-metal, food ...
- I take my stuff once a week to a big recycling place off 59 and Kirby. It is right behind Chick Fil A. I forget the name of the street. It takes everything except pla...
Recycling Batteries
Asked by M.K. from Chicago
on December 5, 2008
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I have a bag full of batteries to recycle and I don't know where to take them.
I looked online and many places that used to recycle batteries don't do it anymore.
If...
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- I think IKEA takes batteries for recycling. You can call the Bolingbrook location. I am pretty sure Elmhurst Camera on Spring Rd in Elmhurst takes batteries for recyc...
- Household Hazardous Waste drop off site Fire Station #4 1971 Brookdale Road Naperville, IL ###-###-#### Sat and Sun 9-2 pm excluding holidays www.naperville.il.u...
- Check out Batteries Plus, 240 E Roosevelt Rd Ste B Villa Park, IL ###-###-####, not sure if they do or not though. Other places charge for it. Naperville also has a...
Seeking Locations for Battery Recycling
Asked by P.F. from Chicago
on January 2, 2009
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I live in Wheaton and would like to find somewhere free and nearby where I can recycle non-rechargeable household batteries. Thank you!
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- I used to take my batteries to the Naperville hazardous waste recycling place on Rt. 59 south of 88. But now I know that modern batteries can just be thrown away. th...
- We've recycled batteries at Ikea. I also saw a box in the Naperville Circuit City--call a Circuit City near you. Our local elementary school collects used batteries ...
- Walgreens also takes batteries for recycling. Just hand it to anyone at a cashier counter.
Teaching a 7YO About Waste
Asked by A.T. from Sacramento
on May 21, 2008
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Hello Ladies! I am hoping to gain some insight as to where I can go to learn how to talk to my 7YO step daughter about wasting... I would just like to teach her to us...
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- You might try working out an allowance for her for these kinds of products. Figure out how much she should be using in a week or a month, and how much it would cost. ...
- I would try putting such items into travel size bottles. One travel size bottle of each thing should last for a week. Give her those bottles and tell her they absolute...
- My mom taught us how to portion things by using sizes of things to compare to. Such as when using shampoo or conditioner, it should be the size of a quarter in your h...
