Forced Green

School is soon to be in session. As you all know, when children return to school,
the masses of paper head home. What are they? Pictures, drawings, spelling tests,
and a variety of other items. You home is now invaded with a mountain of paper
trash. Just normal correspondence with the teacher, brings 5 to 6 pages itself.

So why not start a re-cycling box the first day the kids start school? It should
be exceptionally easy to fill. Especially on that certain day of the week, i.e.
Tuesday Folder. Which is the day the teacher sends home the last weeks graded
papers. A weeks worth of graded paper can be up to 20 pages. Some of which you
may keep and the rest usually ends up in the file 13 (trash can). Read more…

What to do with your old cell phone. Folks are getting new ones everyday and have not
done anything with the old ones except throw them away.

There are a couple of ways to dispose the old cell phones. You can donate them but
be sure to remove your personal information. When you donate, for instance, the
cell phones will be re-furbished and given to charities like Domestic Abuse Read more…

Ink cartridges have been part of computer waste for a while now. However, you can
join some of us greeners and re-cycle. There are companies out there that give
discounts for bringing in your old cartridges and giving a discount for a new one.
They are then responsible for taking care of the waste responsibly. One of the very
first companies for starting the recycling of ink cartridges is Hewlett-Packard Co.
They ran with this idea many years ago and have been recognized for their efforts.

Another method is to do your own ink refills. It is not too bad but it is cost saving
and certainly not a contributor to waste.

Either way, you have options and please choose one.