Urban Pioneer
• Jul. 11, 2006 - Make a difference - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Our borough newsletter came today and it's focus was on
recycling. It had some good information so I thought I would pass
it along.
TRIVIA
Throwing away an aluminum beverage container wastes as much energy as pouring a soda can half filled with gasoline
The energy saved from recycling a glass bottle will light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
The energy saved from each recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for three hours.
Two weeks of daily newspapers equals one full grown tree.
Glass produced from recyled glass instead of material reduces related
air pollution by 20 percent and water pollution by 50 percent
Americans compromise 5 percent of the world's population, and annually produce 27 percent of the world's garbage.
One person uses and discards two pine trees in paper products each year.
Americans use 50 million tons of paper each year consuming over 850 million trees.
Recycling half of the paper used throughout the world today would free 20 million acres of forest land from paper production.
About 70% of all metal is used just once an then discarded. The
remaining 30% is recylced. After five cycles, only one quarter of
one percent of the metal remains in circulation.
WHERE AND HOW TO RECYCLE
Books - Donate
to your local library. My library accepts paperback, hardback and
children's books (clean with no yellowed pages) and books on
CD's. They also accept videos & DVD's. No magazines or
Readers Digest condensed version.
Eye Glasses - Lions Club (drop off), local hospital, local optamologist.
Plastic bags - local grocery stores
Packing Peanuts - UPS Store
BUSINESSES AND CHARITIES THAT ACCEPT MANY ITEMS
Used Computer and Monitors, Printer, PDA's and Cell Phones - local collection program or donate to charity
Goodwill Industries - Accepts
household items, clothing, small appliances, furniture, knick knacks,
plates and dishes. No pickup service.
Pep Boys (automotive store) - Used Motor Oil. 2 gallons per household per month
SEARS Automotive - Used motor oil, batteries, and tires (may be a charge per tire)
STAPLES (office supply store)
Batteries - NiCd batteries, rechargeable batteries. Electronics -
re-use cell phones and equipment, ink-jet cartridges, laser toner
cartridges, miscellaneous - only laster toner cartridges, personal
digital assistants (PDA's) and pagers.
Outreach Center - accepts cell
phones, food (non-perishable), summer clothing in good condition,
household items, bed sheets, towels, blankets, dishes, pot & pans
as well as small appliances.
Salvation Army - Accepts clothing, small household items, large items -
call for pickup, furniture, beds, dressers and refrigerators in good
condition.
FUN WEBSITES FOR KIDS TO VISIT FOR RECYCLING PROJECTS
www.allfreecrafts.com
www.hgtv.com (search - recycling crafts)
www.make-stuff.com/projects
www.feeddbirds.com
www.kidsdomain.com/craft/
www.sciswa.org/Recycling/Recycled%20Crafts.html
http://www.familycrafts.about.com/cs/fork6/1/bltrashtr.htm
http://www.makingfriends.com/recycle.htm
http://www.pacleanways.org/kids/index.htm
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