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How can i start recycling ?

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dont know anything about it . links please oh and i need an office locator as well?

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  1. EARTH911.org

    ~First find out your town's recycling policy (earth911.org

      or your town offices/website)

    ~then decide what you would like to/ can  recycle (paper, plastic ,cans, bottels, cloth, batteries, oil,  metal ... )

    ~ next buy or request recycling bins and place then in a convenient location inside and or outside

    ~recylce often and do other earth friendly reduce reuse recycle

    if all your questions aren't answered please email me; I'll be more than happy to help :)


  2. start at your house, and consult witch matereals are recyclable

  3. you can request a recycle bin from your local council if you a have any orgranizations within your area that recycle paper, cardboard  maybe they might be able to help.

  4. get a recycling bin, start sorting your trash, return cans to the grocery store, use environment safe products, and use less paper... hope these help : )

  5. start with a recycling bin. u should recycle cans, bottles, plastic, paper, carboard, newspaper, old phone books, and anything with a recylceable sign on it should be recycled.

  6. Ahh, reduce reuse recycle! Buy a three recycling bins( paper, Plastic and allunimun) and fill it up then put it in a local recycling unit. Another way is to gather a few friends and pick up trashon a beach or forest. If you are trying to lose weight ride your bike to a short destination.Riding a bike reduces carbon dioxide unlike a car or truck.Good Luck Recycling. Some people say its hard but it is a lot easier then it looks.

    I dont have links but I know of a few programs like nick is doing the big green help.: ) :]

  7. all the comments above me are right.. But there is one more thing I want to add..

    21 Things You Didn't Know You Can Recycle

    1. Appliances: Goodwill accepts working appliances, www.goodwill.org, or you can contact the Steel Recycling Institute to recycle them. 800/YES-1-CAN, www.recycle-steel.org.

    2. Batteries: Rechargeables and single-use: Battery Solutions, 734/467-9110, www.batteryrecycling.com.

    3. Cardboard boxes: Contact local nonprofits and women’s shelters to see if they Boxcan use them. Or, offer up used cardboard boxes at your local Freecycle.org listserv or on Craigslist.org for others who may need them for moving or storage. If your workplace collects at least 100 boxes or more each month, UsedCardboardBoxes.com accepts them for resale.

    4. CDs/DVDs/Game Disks: Send scratched music or computer CDs, DVDs, and PlayStation or Nintendo video game disks to AuralTech for refinishing, and they’ll work like new: 888/454-3223, www.auraltech.com.

    5. Clothes: Wearable clothes can go to your local Goodwill outlet or shelter. ShirtsDonate wearable women’s business clothing to Dress for Success, which gives them to low-income women as they search for jobs, 212/532-1922, www.dressforsuccess.org. Offer unwearable clothes and towels to local animal boarding and shelter facilities, which often use them as pet bedding. Consider holding a clothes swap at your office, school, faith congregation or community center. Swap clothes with friends and colleagues, and save money on a new fall wardrobe and back-to-school clothes.

    6. Compact fluorescent bulbs: Take them to your local IKEA store for recycling: www.ikea.com.

    7. Compostable bio-plastics: You probably won’t be able to compost these in your home compost bin or pile. Find a municipal composter to take them to at www.findacomposter.com.

    8. Computers and electronics: Find the most responsible recyclers, local and national, at www.ban.org/pledge/Locations.html.

    9. Exercise videos: Swap them with others at www.videofitness.com.

    10. Eyeglasses: Your local Lion’s Club or eye care chain may collect these. Lenses Glassesare reground and given to people in need.

    11. Foam packing: Your local pack-and-ship store will likely accept foam peanuts for reuse. Or, call the Plastic Loose Fill Producers Council to find a drop-off site: 800/828-2214. For places to drop off foam blocks for recycling, contact the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers, 410/451-8340, www.epspackaging.org/info.html

    12. Ink/toner cartridges: Recycleplace.com pays $1/each.

    13. Miscellaneous: Get your unwanted items into the hands of people who can use them. Offer them up on your local Freecycle.org or Craigslist.org listserv, or try giving them away at Throwplace.com or giving or selling them at iReuse.com. iReuse.com will also help you find a recycler, if possible, when your items have reached the end of their useful lifecycle.

    14. Oil: Find Used Motor Oil Hotlines for each state: 202/682-8000, www.recycleoil.org.

    15. Phones: Donate cell phones: Collective Good will refurbish your phone and sell Cellphoneit to someone in a developing country: 770/856-9021, www.collectivegood.com. Call to Protect reprograms cell phones to dial 911 and gives them to domestic violence victims: www.donateaphone.com. Recycle single-line phones: Reclamere, 814/386-2927, www.reclamere.com.

    16. Sports equipment: Resell or trade it at your local Play It Again Sports outlet, 800/476-9249, www.playitagainsports.com.

    17. “Technotrash”: Project KOPEG offers an e-waste recycling program that can help you raise funds for your organization. Use Project KOPEG to recycle iPods, MP3 players, cell phones and chargers, digital cameras, PDAs, palm pilots, and more. Also, easily recycle all of your CDs, jewel cases, DVDs, audio and video tapes, pagers, rechargeable and single-use batteries, PDAs, and ink/toner cartridges with GreenDisk’s Technotrash program. For $30, GreenDisk will send you a cardboard box in which you can ship them up to 70 pounds of any of the above. Your fee covers the box as well as shipping and recycling fees. 800/305-GREENDISK, www.greendisk.com.

    18. Tennis shoes: Nike’s Reuse-a-Shoe program turns old shoes into playground and athletic flooring. www.nikereuseashoe.com. One World Running will send still-wearable shoes to athletes in need in Africa, Latin America, and Haiti. www.oneworldrunning.com.

    19. Toothbrushes and razors: Buy a recycled plastic toothbrush or razor from ToothbrushRecycline, and the company will take it back to be recycled again into plastic lumber. Recycline products are made from used Stonyfield Farms’ yogurt cups. 888/354-7296, www.recycline.com.

    20. Tyvek envelopes: Quantities less than 25: Send to Shirley Cimburke, Tyvek Recycling Specialist, 5401 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Spot 197, Room 231, Richmond, VA 23234. Quantities larger than 25, call 866/33-TYVEK.

    21. Stuff you just can’t recycle: When practical, send such items back to the manufacturer and tell them they need to manufacture products that close the waste loop responsibly.

  8. well ur communit or government shoul provide the person who owns the house.if you rent ask land owner but if u buy call govnor.one should provde

  9. contact your local garbage disposal center and buy/request recycling bins.

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