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Bottles and Cell Phones and Cans, Oh My! What Does Your Town Recycle?
I love my little town. Wendell, MA, founded in 1781, home to about 900 souls, was named for a Boston judge. We’re only 90 minutes from Boston, and 3 hours from NYC, but the clocks all stopped here in 1968. Or so it seems. Our town motto: “Just a stone’s throw from reality.”
Put A Little Trash In Your Diet
from trashy chifferobe to treasure chest
I have one crafty pop. He's always been good at making and fixing things, and he has a great eye for curbside finds. This time, he put both of those skills together to create a beautiful piece of furniture. One day, he noticed a chifferobe on his neighbor's curb and just knew it had more life in it. So much more than he realized at first.
Let There Be Light With The Gaon Trash Powered Street Lamp
One day, New York will no longer be dark and trashy. At least not if designer Haneum Lee has his way. Lee has developed a promising new idea for lighting nighttime city streets by using discarded items as a power source for the Gaon Street Light - a lamppost powered completely by garbage.
Visions of Hot, Steamy Compost
“Composting is a lot like sex. It's a healthy, natural process involving fertility, tumbling around, and—when it's going right—steaminess. On top of that, some people call it dirty.” -Umbra Fisk On Composting.
Pay As You Throw in Belgium
The town of Ghent, Belgium has a data-intensive system for waste collection whereby all roll carts are outfitted with radio tags ( Share
Garbage In, But Not Out
Radio Tag Trash Bins
Technology: Pay As You Throw in Belgium
Family Guy Funny Recycling Clips
These funny Family Guy clips can relate to recycling and doing good for the planet. One of my favorite shows of all time.... Family Guy. Who doesn't love this show, it can always make me laugh - and also very confused...??? I found so many good clips on YouTube, having a blast watching them all night long. I mean what a great job, I got enough laughs in to last a life time.
Pardon me, Sir, but are you throwing that away?
It really is true - your junk just might be someone’s treasure I’m a huge fan of second-hand items - furniture, clothes, accessories, etc. You name it; I’ve found it at Goodwill and my local thrift stores. As far as I’m concerned, why buy it new, when I can buy it used and nobody knows the difference? You feelin’ me? I think you are.
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