Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to think about recycling that tree! The City of Chicago will be collecting trees for recycling!
From Saturday, January 7 through Friday, January 20 Chicago residents can bring their holiday tree to one of the 23 participating sites listed below. The trees will be chipped and made into mulch, which will be available for pick-up starting Friday January 13 at those same sites. Be sure to remove all ornaments, lights, and stands before dropping off your tree. We are not able to accept decorations or tree lights, wreaths, garland, or household recyclable materials at these locations. Continue reading 'Holiday Tree Recycling 2011-12'»
The time to finish holiday shopping is running out, and if you still don’t know what to get for a relative or friend, think green. Everyone can feel good about receiving a gift that helps save the environment.
Uncommon Goods, a web-based retailer and catalogue, has a whole section of green gifts that are more unusual and thoughtful than the standard fare of knickknacks made from recycled glass bottles.
For the fashionista on your list who doesn’t want to be caught wearing the same thing as someone else, consider a skirt made from recycled sweaters – no two are alike. There are also scarves made from t-shirts and belts made from spent fire hoses.
For the techie who has every device, Continue reading 'Deck the Halls with Boughs of Green'»
‘Tis the season to give, and one of the easiest ways to give is to recycle what you already have.
There are a number of charitable organizations in Chicago and throughout the state that accept household items that are commonly discarded such as old pairs of glasses, hearing aids and shoes.
The “Lions Recycle for Sight” program collects used eyeglasses and delivers them to regional Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers. At those centers, Lions Club volunteers clean glasses, sort them by prescription, package them and send them to people in need in developing countries. In addition, some vision stores, such as Pearle Vision, accept used pairs of eyeglasses.
The Lions Club also recycles hearing aids for adults and children worldwide. Used hearing aids can be sent to Lions Hearing Aid Recycling Centers. Go to lionsclubs.org to learn more about where to send used glasses and hearing aids.
Even worn shoes can get new life. Share Your Soles is an organization that cleans up and repairs Continue reading 'Another Way to Recycle'»
Guest Post by Rebecca Jones
The concept of plastic recycling enjoys worldwide attention as people across globe are getting enough awareness about the environment hazards caused by plastic. The increasing number of people embracing ‘Go Green’ attitude has given further impetus to the idea of recycling discarded plastic. The process of recycling post-consumer plastic is a modern technological fad that helps in recovering the economic value of used plastic objects.
Governments and responsible individuals all over the world are investigating alternative ways of putting post-consumer plastic into different uses. They are forced to do it mainly because of the ever-increasing level of plastic consumption and the resulting waste generation. Some creative people and environment-loving business enterprises have come up with innovative ideas to recycle plastic. The main objective of this article is to explore how some initiatives have transformed and modernized the concept of recycled post-consumer plastic. Continue reading 'Recycled Post-Consumer Plastic Gets Modernized'»
Chicago’s new mayor, Rahm Emanuel, is aiming to partially privatize the city’s recycling services in an effort to cut costs and boost the number of households with recycling pick-up.
The city’s existing Blue Cart Recycling program services 240,000 homes at an annual cost of $13.8 million. But bids from private companies have come in 50% lower.
In July, contracts were signed with two different vendors to take over a portion of the recycling pickup Continue reading 'Chicago to Privatize Part of its Recycling'»
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