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Recycling Information Today,
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the "GREEN" VINE
You've heard it through the grape vine, now hear it through the "green" vine.
We strive to make this a resource for everyday citizens to help them in recycling, reducing and reusing-remember, if you didn't find it here...google it.
Recycling Tips
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Check out your states resources for recycling, reducing and reusing-
Each city has its own specifics.
Arkansas Massachusetts Pennsylvania
California Michigan Rhode Island
Colorado Minnesota South Carolina
Connecticut Mississippi South Dakota
Illinois New Jersey Washington
Indiana New Mexico West Virginia
Reducing
Reducing Waste in the Supply chain
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If every American used an energy-efficient light bulb in most frequently used rooms of their home, an excesses of 6 billion a year in energy costs would be saved.
This would be like taking 8 million cars off the road.
It takes up to 20 seconds to change to a light, and seven years to have to worry about it again.
-BYO Bagz-
Here at greenbugz.com. We would like to encourage you to
Bring Your Own Bagz to your local grocery store when you do your shopping.
Look for businesess that give incentives each time you bring your own bag. This helps us and it definitely helps the evironment.
Thanks!!!
Second time around
Some would say that just because you bought it at a second hand store, doesn’t make it cool. Well this time it does…buy recycled. Take a second look at that kitschy set of dishes or that dining room table. Make it a rule that you will not purchase a new item until you at first look in a second hand store. Purchasing that slightly worn pair of boots or those vintage jeans takes waste out of the system as well as reducing the amount of virgin materials being used. Also, make sure nothing useable goes into the trash until you've given the community a fair shot at it. This is an easy and effortlessly way of committing to going green and supporting a local church or community recycling center.
Reusing
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Down with “Junk Mail”
Enough is enough!!! Here is a chance for everyone to take the first step and help pioneer in the green movement. Greenbugz.com has been inventorying the amount of junk mail we have received the moment out office doors have opened. Our results are astounding. Starting today, that will change.
To date, we have received over 12 lbs. of paper junk mail so far. Did you know you can choose not to receive Junk Mail; here are a few ways to eliminate unwanted paper waste.
- Stop credit card offers in the mail by calling 1-800-5-OPT-OUT.
- Write to Mail Preference Service to have your name removed from most national mailings @ P.O. Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008.
- Contact businesses directly and ask to have your name taken off their mailing lists.
- Pay utility bills and other payments online.
Plumbing, tax accountants, out of state solicitation and national pizza chains are taking over our mail boxes, not to mention our garbage. Most businesses now have websites where coupons and discounts can be downloaded or printed. We praise small businesses for their effort at reaching out to the community, but this means of advertisement is dated in the age of the wonderful world of the internet. Let us move forward toward a paperless society and stop junk mail once and for all.
The next time you see your mail carrier, explain to him or her, the concern you have for the environment. Tell your family and friends why you are stopping “Junk Mail” once and for all.
Collectively, we can all make a difference.
Go Green!!! Join The HIVE!!!
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Could the green movement be taking root right along Dallas city blocks? In late July, several Texan transmissions companies told a consortium to invest in the up-ward of 5 billion in cost by constructing new power lines to benefit in the vast wind power energy of the state.
Generating enough power of 4 million homes or 19,000 megawatts of wind by 2015, this renewable energy superhighway as some would call it, leads the way in the nation in wind energy capacity. Could Billionaire Oilman T. Boone Pickens build the world’s largest turbine farm on the Texas Panhandle? After the up close to 3,000 turbines if built, this eco-mega structure will produce enough electricity to power up to 2 million homes.
An energy revolution has already started in the Great Lakes region. 88 Danish-built windmills stretch 400 feet into the sky just east of Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin. They're capable of producing enough energy from the airstream to power 36,000 homes, according to We Energies. Plans are already in the works to place several hundred more along the lake coast. There are loads of potential advantages to planting the turbines all across the country.Countless jobs will grow from this eco-investment and will help start repowering America.
Here is a quick and easy guide to help that average office employee pioneer in the green movement.
What better way to earn “green” points with your boss!!!
- Become the Office Recycling Coordinator
- Represent the program to both management and employees.
- Developing a plan of action with measurable goals, feasible timetable.
- Inform employees of the recycle system and their roles in the project.
- Monitoring program results to identify and resolve problems.
- Determine what is recyclable
- Letterhead
- Computer paper
- Bond copier paper
- Notepad or scratch paper
- Tablet paper
- Plain envelopes
- Stationery
- Typing paper
- Colored paper
- Business forms
- Manila folders
3. If all else fails, get a box, sort your own paper, lead by example.
Easy Steps to reduce, reuse, recycle our daily consumption
- Put a “No Junk Mail” sticker on your mailbox. This will help reduce your daily trash.
- Reuse old envelopes to re-mail letters-use to write notes and shopping lists.
- Make banking and utility payments online. Send documents electronically. Print on both sides of paper.
- Use cloth napkins or towels for eating or spills instead of paper towels. Toilet paper rolls can be recycled-they’re made of cardboard.
- Reuse plastic containers from previous items for storage. Old containers can be used for left -over’s and lunches.
- Egg cartons, holiday and birthday cards, magazines, newspapers and most small containers can be used for crafts, art projects and gifts for children, older adults and for just about everyone.
- Purchase products that have been made from recycled materials. Buy items that require the least amount of packaging. Shop consciously about what items will have an impact on the environment.
- Use Less.
- Purchase items from local resale shops. Support local fix-it shops to do repair on older items instead of replacing them.
- Recycle old house hold items like bedding, kitchen appliances, washers, dryers, refrigerators and old clothing to your local social organizations or other organizations like Good Will or the Salvation Army.
- Reuse plastic bags for other shopping trips, scrunched up for storage of antiques or other precious items, picking up your pet’s droppings, holding wet clothing on vacations. Place bag at the bottom of a house hold plant or hanging basket for better drainage.
- Companies like eBay and Best Buy will recycle electronics like computers, TV’s, phones and monitors in selected cities. Please check their sites and your local municipality for what recycling programs are in your area.
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www.greenbugz.com believes in recycling so much, all our statistical information about recycling and just about everything you see was recycled off the internet. Don't believe us, google it...we did!
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