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CAR

The problem

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Reduce

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Reuse

• Donate:

   

Recycle

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CELL PHONES

The problem

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Reduce

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Reuse

•  try to sell: http://pages.ebay.com/rethink/whatcanido.html
• donate to a women's shelter (suggestion?)

 

Recycle

• http://pages.ebay.com/rethink/whatcanido.html
• drop off at Staples
• GreenPhone.com – Get paid to recycle them.

 

CFL's

see: "LIGHTBULBS (fluorescent)", under "L"

 

 

CLEMENTINE BOXES

The problem

•  Not such a big environmental burden, but still- what are you supposed to do with these things?

 Reduce

•  Buy the clementines in bag. (but if you were buying locally you probably wouldn't be eating many oranges in the winter anyway, would you? Guilt trip, anyone?)

 Reuse

• use in garage/ work area to store supplies; build a tower out of them and paint for your kids to play with
• break apart the boxes and use the wood for other craft projects

 Recycle

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COMPUTERS

The problem

• Computer equipment contains large quantities of lead, mercury, and cadmium. This equipment, if not recycled properly, will leach toxic metals into the earth, potentially fouling groundwater, wells, and streams.

   

  As a result of these issues, it is now a federal crime for an organization to send more than 220 pounds of electronic equipment to a landfill. When a large volume of equipment is found in a landfill, the EPA has recently started tracking serial numbers back to the original owners. (http://www.goldsmithgroup.com/recycling_services/recycling-facts.htm)

   

Reduce

•  Upgrade your computers, increase memory/processing speed, keep them running well, make them last as long as possible. 

   

Reuse

• Try to sell/donate: http://pages.ebay.com/rethink/whatcanido.html
• Donate: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/dell_recycling
• Donate: http://www.cristina.org/rethink/

 

Recycle

• http://www.computertakeback.com/the_solutions/recyclers_map.cfm
• http://pages.ebay.com/rethink/whatcanido.html
• http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/dell_recycling
• Costs money/ more for the workplace: http://www.greendisk.com/