One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure

Green How To:
This company is an absolutely incredible "recycle how to" website. They have definitely grown significantly in the past few years, but after suggesting that my girlfriend use them, and she replied with "Who?", I decided that I would love to present them.

Welcome Terracycle, a company with a hope is to eliminate the idea of waste by finding innovative, unique uses for materials others deem garbage. So here is the just of what these guys do. You send them old trash, things like cookie wrappers, drink pouches, chip bags, etc. after you have already eaten the goods. THEY PAY YOU for sending them your trash. Once they receive your trash they recycle in the most incredible ways. They will actually assemble handbags, backpacks, cleaning products, etc. out of the trash you send them. After they transform your old waste, they resell the novelties in stores such as Target, Wal Mart, etc.

These guys really have set a new standard for recycling and defined what being green truly is all about. I love what they do and what they stand for.

Visit their website for more info:
Recycle How To: Terracycle.net

California to Ban High Energy Televisions

Recycle How To: California has 35 million television sets — one for nearly every man, woman and child. Television use here in California accounts for nearly 10 percent of our electric bills. Alarmed that state energy consumption would spike as consumers switch from the old cathode-ray-tube sets to the new, energy-gobbling flat screen liquid-crystal display (LCD) or plasma televisions, the state's regulatory mavens have formally proposed regulations that would force the industry to make more energy-efficient models

California would be the first in the nation to start these tv efficiency policies, and it would go into effect in January 2011. It would require televisions sold in California to use 50% less energy by January 2013. Strict-target limits on greenhouse gas emissions for 2020 are propelling policymakers to cut consumption of energy and increase renewable generation.

Introduction and Background- Green How To

Hello my name is Ian.

Green How To: I work for a company called Green Junk Machine. We are an eco-friendly junk removal service focused on giving back to the community.

http://www.greenjunkmachine.com/

Working with this company the past year has opened my mind up so much to the green movement and I want to do everything I can to help contribute.

So I decided to start this blog. I will update this blog on a regular basis with tips, information, recycle how to, local recycling centers, etc. Anything that will help for a greener tomorrow. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do! I absolutely love to hear feedback so feel free anytime to leave comments. If you have any of your own recycle how to information, I would love to read it!