Recycle Your e-waste Series Part 3

It's Part 3 of the recycle your e-waste series. Today's posting features Recycles.org, which is a non-profit recycling network TM. You can donate your computer, laptop, or office equipment. It's also a resource for finding gently used equipment such as computers, laptops, and office equipment.

Donate your items or find gently used items at www.recycles.org.

Recycle Your e-waste Series Part 2

It's Part 2 of the recycle your e-waste series. Today's posting features Earth911, which is a recycling resource that goes way beyond cell phones. The Earth911 website allows you to do a search by what you're looking to recycle and your zip code. It then provides you with a list of recycling centers near you that'll recycle what you have.

Gather your recyclable products and find out where you can take them. Check it out at www.Earth911.org.

While you're there, Take the Pledge to Do Better. Last year, you recycled, and you did great! This year, take the pledge to do even better.

Recycle Your e-waste Series

Over the next few weeks, I'll be reviewing and listing some of the top sites devoted to recycling your old technology products. When you get a new computer, cell phone, or other electronic device, recycle it instead of throwing it away!

Collective Good

There are a few aspects of Collective Good that make it the go-to place for recycling electronics.

1. It offers an easy three-step process for recycling your cell phones--and helps to make sure you receive your tax credit for the donation.

2. You either get paid for recycling your phone or you can donate it to a charity of your choice.

3. It also has a recycling program for other electronics.

With Collective Good, you can do the environmentally and socially good thing! Check it out now at www.collectivegood.com.

The Paper Saver

When I was in college, I worked for a very frugal financial planner. He required us to reuse envelopes by covering old address information with white labels and writing over the top of them (and writing recycled envelope on the front so the post office wouldn't return it). We used paper on both sides, including using papers we received from other companies or clients that we didn't need. We placed a big X over the side we didn't need and printed on the other side. Finally, we used file folders over and over again--placing white labels over the old info or turning the folder inside out to use the clean inside as the outside.

Mind you, this was all before the big push for recycling.

At the time, I thought my boss was just cheap, but now I think he may been a man before his time. Now I do all of these things to be environmentally friendly, but it saves money too.

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The Best Way to Green Your Home

My mother and father both come from 5 children homes. My father's house growing up had 7 people living in it, 2 bedrooms, and one bathroom. My mother's house growing up was similar. It had 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Essentially, houses were built smaller than they are today, even if there were a ton of people crammed into them. This was the 50s and a different time.

When I was growing up as an only child, we lived in a house with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. I now live in a house with 2 adults and one dog. It's 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. The point is that we seem to be getting bigger houses with less people living in them. Is there really a need for all this "extra" space that just costs us more money to heat and cool it? Not only does it dwindle down our cash, but it also hacks away at our energy sources.

In fact, the average home size in 1950 was 1,000 square feet. By 2005, this figure increased by 150% to 2,500 square feet. We're having smaller families today, but need more space. Does that make sense?

At least 7 energy sucking items in your home

Did you know that there are some "plugged in" items in your home that are sucking energy (electricity) even when you're not using them? Not only does this have an effect on your wallet when it comes time to pay your electric bill, but it wastes energy too.

Consider unplugging these electric guzzlers when you're not using them and plug them in only when you need to use them. It'll make a difference.

1. Televisions (and their posse--the cable box, DVD player, VCR (if you still have one)
2. Cell phone chargers--when your phone isn't plugged into it
3. Cordless phones
4. Microwaves
5. Stoves
6. Digital clocks
7. Computers