GO Greener With Tracey ODonnell

There is a devastating problem in the United States in reference to recycling fluorescent light bulbs! Some of our local businesses are not recycling their fluorescent light bulbs-- they are throwing their toxic chemical containing bulbs in the regular trash! 

Paper towels-Why do we NEED to use paper towels?  We don't Need Them-- wake up....... According to the NRDC-- 544,000 trees/year would be saved by using one less roll of papertowels or by using 100% recycled papertowels.. paper products brands to AVOID:  Bounty, Viva, Kleenex, Puffs-These manufacturers haven't left their caves they are living in and still don't provide green paper manufacturing.  Wake up & recycle Bounty. we are harvesting 24 million metric tons of trees for virgin paper production each year.

  Are you one of those people that would like to recycle more or even start recycling but you aren’t sure where to recycle your items?   Perhaps you are a construction worker and don’t bother properly disposing of your garbage because you don’t know where to haul the waste.   Are you a contractor in the same situation with leftover electronics, plumbing or metal? If so, click the link below and you will arrive to a page where you can choose the item of your desire and place a zip code in for the area you would like to dispose in and you will get a return of several options of facilities with their address and phone numbers.   Go for it, start recycling big! http://search.earth911.com/?what=Construction&where=&family_id=3&utm_campaign=quick_search&utm_medium=Construction&utm_source=search.earth911.com

Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan -- a mother of 6, law-abiding citizen, and gardener -- is facing 93 days in jail after being charged with a misdemeanor. Her crime? Planting a vegetable garden in the front yard.

I love reading the statistics about recycling or in some cases, not recycling.   Most of the time, the numbers are jaw droppers.   Here is a quick list of some recycling statistics: ·          554,000 trees can be saved if every family in America replaced just ONE roll of their regular roll of paper   towels and purchased a roll of 100% recycled towels.   Just one roll is not much of a sacrifice if you ask me. ·          51.5% of the paper that the US used in 2005 was recycled. ·          74% of the office paper the US used in 2009 was recycled.   Upward trends are awesome to see. ·          60% of American’s yard foliage recycled/recovered in 2009.   ·          34% of America’s metals were recycled in 2009.  H...

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