Why Should I Recycle

Greenbang likes the cheery, chirpy government recycling adverts voiced by Jane Horrocks. “Recycle,” says perky Jane. “The possibilities are endless!” A nice antidote to the scary doomladen prophecies of environmental Armageddon that Greenbang is more used to. Recycling a glass bottle, says Horrocks, saves enough energy to power a washing machine for 10 minutes. But there’s now even more stuff you can do with your recycled bottles: HP has made an “engineering breakthrough” — that’s what they call it — to enable the use of post-consumer recycled plastics in the production of new Original HP inkjet print cartridges. More than 200 million cartridges have ... Read Full Story

We're back on track this week with the 2nd part to our small series "Good to Be Green". If you missed the 1st part, you can follow along here. Last week we discussed The Why's of going green. This week, let's talk about The How to's. One of the most important & easiest ways to start is to recycle: Definition of Recycle: taking a product or material at the end of its useful life and turning it into a usable raw material to make another product. There are 4 main Categories to recycling : Curbside Recycling, Composting, Electronics & Gargage Recyclables. *Curbside Recycling is ... Read Full Story

Recycling empty inkjet cartridges is an easy way for us to help to reduce the garbage we create. Here the top 5 reasons to recycle your empty inkjet cartridges. Shockingly, almost 3 entire pounds of resources involved in production are saved when a cartridge is recycled. Number two, for every inkjet cartridge that is recycled, an average of 3.5 oz. of oil will be saved. Because of the worldwide demand for oil, a little conservation will make a dramatic impact over the long run. Another reason you should recycle your empty inkjet cartridges, is to lower the amount of garbage. It takes several hundred ... Read Full Story

Recycling – Enough to Protect the Environment? Is recycling enough to save the planet? We have all heard how important it is to recycle, and it is true. Every little bit that all of us do to save the earth matters. But is recycling enough to protect the environment? Can it really make a difference? The short answer is yes; recycling can definitely make a difference, although much more can also be done. But still, recycling is still a very good idea if you really want to make a difference in the environment, especially at a local level. Recycling is often called the recycling ... Read Full Story

Several families have taken the challenge. Save all of the plastic items that you and your family normally use for a week. We're going to wear it as art to display on Earth Day as a sort of green consciousness raising about how much plastic stuff we actually use. Green Tallahassee readers might also be interested in taking the Think Outside the Bottle pledge to opt for tap water over bottled water and support public water. Take the pledge at: Beth over at Fake Plastic Fish has been tracking her plastic consumption (she even has a graph! I'm so impressed). Her goal is to ... Read Full Story