Tag: recycling

What To Do With Donation Dilemmas

Local charities and donation centers appreciate your donations, but there are some items they just can’t take. What should you do with household hazardous waste, heavily worn items, mattresses, and other donation dilemmas? Local disposal Leftover paints, solvents, automotive fluids and cleaners can leak into the soil and ultimately into groundwater. Fluorescent lights contain small… Read more »

Upcycling Gives Old Products New Life

Recycling has been around for decades. But have you heard of upcycling? Learn how this practice turns everyday items headed for the trash into something special. Upcycling means a new and better life Recycling breaks down items such as aluminum cans and plastic bottles into their component parts and reconstitutes them into new, sometimes lower-quality… Read more »