Unclutter Your Life on Give Your Stuff Away Day
September 1, 2010 by
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Have a lot of old stuff to get rid of? Well you could give it away and get a lot of awesome stuff for yourself at the same time on Give Your Stuff Away Day ! Slated to sweep the nation on September 25th , the event, which is being organized by Mike Morone, calls people to simply bring their unwanted items to the curb

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How can I reuse or recycle a glass table top?
We’ve had an email from Josie: My council (Suffolk) say they’ll only recycle glass bottles not other glass like windows.

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How can I reuse or recycle leather/suede purse/bag?
August 25, 2010 by
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We’ve had an email from Joanne: Hi, I have an old leather zipped wallet type purse which is old, worn and quite grubby. I would rather recycle it somehow than put it in the bin but am not sure how to do this.

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High-Tech Trash Bins Rat Out Residents Who Refuse to Recycle
Photo via orphanjones Cleveland residents are about to get an extra incentive to recycle — if they don’t, their trash bins will tattletale and they’ll be slapped with a $100 fine. The city is starting a new program that features trash bins embedded with microchips

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How can I reuse or recycle wine gift bags?
August 23, 2010 by
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We’ve covered reuses for old gift bags in general before but Meri emailed asking about one particular type: I have a growing collection of wine bags – mostly paper – that are too nice to toss. How can I recycle them – get them to people who might reuse them? Most people I know reuse wine bags (and all gift bags) as many times as they can while they’re still in good enough condition to pass on

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Eco artist creates 3D portraits of celebrities using their junk
Eco Factor: 3D portraits created from trash.

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E-Waste Becomes a Top Priority for EPA Action
In a memorandum sent today to all EPA employees, Lisa P. Jackson laid out the agency’s most pressing international priorities, with e-waste exports highlighted alongside climate change and clean water as the biggest challenges.

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What can I reuse or recycle to build a wormery/vermicomposter?
August 17, 2010 by
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We’ve had an email from Kate/Glitter Pixie: Hi, I wonder if the Recycle This community can help. My husband and I have finally moved into a house with outdoor space and want to seize the opportunity to begin composting.

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How can I reuse or recycle magazines?
I discovered something amazing the other day: in four and a half years of running this site, after asking “how can I recycle this?” about over 850 different things, we somehow have managed to miss mentioning magazines. We’ve covered the plastic baggies they’re delivered in and various similar paper items like catalogues – but not magazines

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Thoughts on Lollapalooza: Concerts Getting Cleaner?
August 9, 2010 by
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Photos by Jeff Kart So I spent the weekend at Lollapalooza, along with another 200,000 or so people, rocking out to headliners like Green Day, The Strokes and Lady Gaga. And I noticed something. For the most part, people were doing the right thing: Recycling their beer cans, using refillable water bottles, putting trash in its place
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