Archive for the ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ Category
These Come From Trees …. Promote Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

I saw this sticker on a paper towel dispenser and wanted to know more about it. It seems this was a grass roots effort that seems to work. From their website … " … From our field testing, each sticker deployed saves about a tree’s worth of paper (~100 lbs.) a year. Crazy, isn’t it?" and saves about 29% per year in paper.
Green Super Bowl Party Ideas
What makes a Super Bowl (or any party) GREEN ?
Use technology to send invitations (no paper wasted). Buy local foods (minimize your carbon footprint). Buy foods that use alternative energy .
For invitations use " … Evite or MyPunchBowl …"
Green Super Bowl Party Ideas
What makes a Super Bowl (or any party) GREEN ?
Use technology to send invitations (no paper wasted). Buy local foods (minimize your carbon footprint). Buy foods that use alternative energy .
For invitations use " … Evite or MyPunchBowl …"
Sprint Recycling Program – Reducing e-Waste
Every HOUR 16,000 cell phones are thrown away. Sprint wants to keeps these out of landfills and has programs that make it easy for everyone to recycle (and not contribute to to e-waste) your cell phone and related accessories
Check out these 2 videos for more information on Sprint’s recycling programs …
Naked Juice’s 100% Post Consumer Recycled PET (rPET)
Check out this You Tube video from Naked Juice talking about their reNEWabottle – made from 100% post consumer recycled PET (rPET).
Made with recycled plastic and fully recyclable … helping to reduce energy and reduce landfill waste.
Via: Naked Juice LINK
Naked® Juice: First Nationally Dstributed Brand w/ 100% post-consumer recycled PET (rPET) bottle
Naked® Juice is the first nationally distributed brand to have a" …100% post-consumer recycled PET (rPET) bottle…"
The new bottles are called the "Naked reNEWabottle" … and in addition to being made with recycled material are 100% recyclable PET (codes as #1).
Beach Garbage Hotel – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in Action

A "hotel" in Madrid has been built completely from waste materials.
Showing both what can be done to re-purpose items and potentially how dirty beaches are the "… walls of the Beach Garbage Hotel … made of materials found in landfills, the beaches and even flea markets …"
Alchemy Goods – Recycling anfd Upcycling
Alchemy’s mission "is top turn useless into useful" They reuse / recycle / up-cycle inner tubes and seat belts to make wallets, belts, bottle openers and messenger bags.
They partner with REI and Trek to take back and recycle inner tubes. You can even take your used inner tubes to REI or
a Trek store for recycling.


