Archive for the 'Re-use' Category

No Waste Holiday Ideas: How to have a Greener Holiday

Lynn Nystrom Many families are wondering how they can make this a Greener Holiday but still enjoy the season with family and friends. Even if you are the “lone environmentalist” in your family or group, that is trying to practice good environmental practices, you can make a difference. Reduce: Use less stuff, rethink what you [...]

Wire Hangers: Recycle or Return?

National Public Radio’s "Morning Edition" had a story on the rise in prices for wire hangers today (Costs Up, So Dry Cleaners Want Their Hangers Back). People don’t usually have enough hangers to bother with cashing them in through a metal recycling company. So, most people throw them away and some recycle them. With the [...]