How Tuesday: How do I recycle this?

You are recycling and that is great! Now what do you do with the things that you want to recycle but your recycling center won't take? Here are some ways to recycle those hard to recycle items and reasons why you should.

Cell Phones: Cell phones are hazardous waste because they contain Mercury, Lead, Arsenic & Cadium. If thrown in with your trash, they can cause environmental contamination including combustion and leakage into the ground, water and soil. Unfortunately, only 2% of cell phones are recycled. Please contact your local directory to find a local cell phone recycling drop off location or mail them to:

Recycle My Cell Phone/Collective Good

4508 Bibb Blvd Suite B-10

Tucker, GA 30084

PC's, MP3 Players, Cameras Etc;: You can trade these items online at myboneyard.com or venjuvo.com. You can also get store credit for them at Radio Shack or Office Depot.

Plastic Bottle Caps: Plastic Bottle Caps are made of a different type of plastic that can't be easily recycled. You can drop them off at your local Aveda Store. Find Aveda locations here.

Plastic Bags & Film: More and more retailers have in store bins to collect your film, plastic shopping, produce, Ziploc etc; bags. To find a local drop off location in your area visit plasticbagrecycling.org

Plastic Packing Peanuts: Locate a shipping company in your area that can reuse your plastic packing peanuts at loosefillpackaging.com. Then in the future, try to use company that uses compostable peanuts.

Worn out Athletic Shoes: Nike will take your old worn out athletic shoes and turn them into Nike Grind, a material used in sports surfaces at nikereuseashoe.com

Rechargeable Batteries: Once your rechargeable batteries are no longer chargeable (after about 1,000 charges) send them to rbrc.org for recycling.

Are there items that you need help recycling? Drop me a line.

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Enjoy!