COMMON HOLIDAY Items to Recycling
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Christmas Decorations All those hanging balls, holly, wreaths and other extravagant decorations eventually die, and it’s possible for you to give them a respectable, recycled Main point goes burial herewhen their time of passing comes. Consider and recycling Your text goes collecting here. Your text goes here. Your your Christmas decorations at your local depot. Things text goes here. recycling Your text goes here. Your text like: goes here. Your text goes here. Your text goes here. Christmas trees: Both artificial and real trees.
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Better yet, store them in your basement for reuse next year. You’ll save money on the cost of buying replacement decorations and reduce your environmental impact significantly more than recycling, since even recycling requires additional energy and resources.
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Almost all presents and gifts exchanged during the holiday season come delivered in some sort of wrapping product. Sure, it adds a level of mystery and suspense to the gift-giving experience, but it adds a significant amount of waste to landfill – unless you recycle of course! If you receive any of the following items during the holiday season, don’t throw them away: • • • • • • • • •
Bubble wrap and plastic bags Cardboard boxes Cards and envelopes Foam packaging Paper and gift bags Plastic packaging Ribbon and bows Tissue paper Wrapping paper
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Wrapping Paper, Boxes, And Packaging
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Your local recycling depot is able to take these items and reuse or repurpose them to create an array of new products and packaging for next holiday season. Again, consider keeping useful and undamaged packaging for reuse next year to have the biggest impact. Old Gifts Yes, grandma has a gift (excuse the pun!) for giving presents that are, at times, less-than useful. Fear not, as these useless old gifts that end up collecting dust in a cupboard can be recycled as well. Consider taking old toys and miscellaneous “junk” to a thrift shop. You never know who might find a use for the stuff you don’t want, so it’s a great idea to at least give someone an option to reuse it. It’ll give the charity behind the scenes a means asYour well. Your textfor goesdonation here. Your collection text goes here. text goes here. If you can’t even give the stuff away, which can happen in some cases (thanks for the National Geographic stuffy Nan!), then your next option is to seek out a recycling station that accepts your gifts.
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Batteries
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Head to any modern toy hop and you’ll be reminded just how far electronics and technology reach into our lives. All the electronic toys on the shelf require batteries, and for the most part, these batteries are the disposable, non-rechargeable type. Many of us are accustomed to throwing your old batteries in the trash, but there are better options than sending the hazardous chemicals batteries contain to landfill. All recycling depots are well equipped to recycle batteries of all shapes and sizes. Check at your local grocery or department store too, as an increasing number of companies are beginning to embrace battery recycling and offer convenient disposal locations for their customers. No matter how big or small, be sure to take all the used batteries from those holiday toys to be recycled, and reduce the increasing amount of chemicals seeping into the ground through landfills. There are many common holiday items you can consider recycling, and the list above is by no means exhaustive. Become a green advocate next holiday season and collect unwanted gifts, packaging, decorations and expired batteries and tidy up your home at the same time as keeping our environment smiling.
Questions? Comments? Website: http://www.allgreenrecycling.com/ All Green Recycling info@allgreenrecycling.com (800) 780-0347 Resources: RESEARCHÂ http://www.ecocycle.org/holidayguide