recycle Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/recycle/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sat, 19 Sep 2020 17:41:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 K-Cups: Love and Hate https://smthingscount.com/2020/09/19/k-cups-love-and-hate-2/ Sat, 19 Sep 2020 17:39:27 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9753 K-cup coffee pods are very easy, very convenient.  Which is why we buy 10 billion of them every year, enough to encircle our planet 10

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]]> Smiles on Golf Balls but not on You https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/01/smiles-on-golf-balls-but-not-on-you/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 15:31:49 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9520 Giving up on golf? Drowning in old golf balls?  Although you can’t toss them into the recycle bin, you can recycle them.  Find out how at http://1800recycling.com/2014/08/recycle-golf-balls.  [For more

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]]> Unmelted Bottle Caps https://smthingscount.com/2020/07/18/unmelted-bottle-caps/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 15:36:55 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9477 Remove caps from bottles before recycling.  Because they melt at far different temperatures, a cap mixed in with bottles can leave unmelted plastic, making the

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]]> Cards that Keep on Giving https://smthingscount.com/2018/12/29/cards-that-keep-on-giving/ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 17:07:57 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7611 Thinking about putting Christmas decorations away for the year? Be sure to recycle those Christmas cards that gave you warmth and beauty over the season:

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]]> What is this Recycle Garbage? https://smthingscount.com/2018/07/07/what-is-this-recycle-garbage/ Sat, 07 Jul 2018 17:09:43 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7051 I don’t know about you, but I’m confused about what I should toss into the recycle bin.  Sure, aluminum drink cans and beverage bottles are

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]]> Ah, Those Beautiful Christmas Cards…. https://smthingscount.com/2018/01/06/ah-those-beautiful-christmas-cards/ Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:27:48 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6551 Recycle those Christmas cards: make postcards out of the fronts; use them in arts and crafts projects; make a collage to form a photo-album cover; use

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]]> Broken Crayons? Crazy! https://smthingscount.com/2017/01/14/broken-crayons-crazy/ Sat, 14 Jan 2017 17:24:28 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5506 92,000 pounds of broken, discarded crayons—that’s what Crazy Crayons has prevented from going into the landfill by recycling them into new ones.  PLUS they hire

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]]> Eleven (yes, 11) Ways to Get rid of your Christmas Tree https://smthingscount.com/2016/12/31/eleven-yes-11-ways-to-get-rid-of-your-christmas-tree/ Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:36:09 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5464 This also works for Hanukkah bushes, of course. You know you can cut it up and put it by the curb.  Here, from the National

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]]> THAT’S Reyclable?! https://smthingscount.com/2016/06/04/thats-reyclable/ Sat, 04 Jun 2016 17:40:39 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4936 Some things around the house you think are not recyclable (R) or compostable (C) really are, e.g., human and animal hair (R, C), dryer lint (C),

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]]> Mound of Plastic in the Back Yard https://smthingscount.com/2016/04/27/mound-of-plastic-in-the-back-yard/ Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:47:14 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4801 You probably recycle those plastic bottles and anything else with the recycle symbol on it.  I know I do.  It’s a little thing we can

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