ecycler, a New Way to Recycle - Latest Comments

Re: A Clutter-free 2012

John C. — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:31:45 -0000

That's great advice! A regular clean-up of the children's playroom does help with the clutter.

Re: Texas Bottle Bill

david hill — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:37:47 -0000

what's the status of this? as a texan with dual-citizenship in oregon, i see first-hand the benefits of oregon's bottle bill (the first in the nation) and the detrimental effects of texas' lack of one (my mom's roommate owns a bar and disposes of hundreds of bottles a day). the former is uplifting, while the latter is heartbreaking, not only because it's happening, but because no one seems to mind: disposing of glass bottles has become a nonchalant habit. still, just as many bars have become non-smoking, so too can they become recycling.

Re: Recycling of VHS Tapes

Laura — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:47:04 -0000

Indeed it is possible to recycle VHS tapes, but also another kind of tapes called tape media.

It is what my company does: many industries think that tape media must be shred at the end, while there is the option of recycling them as we offer.
It is important to spread the word to protect the environment! :)

My company's site is http://recycleyourmedia.com/

Re: by Case of Bottles

Charles — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:01:45 -0000

I make art from my crushed cans.
http://www.crushed-can-art.com
:-)

Re: Recycle Glass Month

Jwaters — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:43:26 -0000

Great list, a lot of things I didn't realize. But this list goes far greater than 10. There are so many reasons to recycle glass!

Re: Recycling of Crayons

ecycler — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:38:19 -0000

Thanks for the perspective... 0.000015% is a small percentage relative to the entire US waste stream... But, 73,000 pounds (almost a full semi-truck load) does melt down to a lot of new crayons. Small steps do add up--starting somewhere is better than no action.

Re: Recycling of Crayons

Kevin Barber — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:39:35 -0000

When you say that 73,000 POUNDS is no small number, but according to the EPA ( http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/... ), 243,000,000 TONS of solid waste goes into landfills annually. Crayons make up 0.000015% of solid waste annually - is that anything other than a small number?

Re: Recycle Glass Month

Rubi — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:40:25 -0000

I just have to say that I love this blog! I will be signing up for ecycler.com because I have a ton of VHS tapes and the like that I don't know what to do with!

One of my clients is also a recycling company, so I don't know if there's anything they can help you with, but I thought I'd throw it out there. http://www.revolutionrecovery.... Check them out, and keep up the great work!

Re: 3 Ways to Recycle Soda Bottles and Use Them in Your Garden

http://www.ors-recycle.com/ — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:00:48 -0000

I can imagine this being very fun to do with the kids, great idea!

Re: Alkaline Batteries – Just Throw them in the Garbage!

Jack Bradbury — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:43:38 -0000

thanks for the review, but I think your'e really missing the boat as far as recycling alkaline batteries. Although mercury has been reduced or eliminated from alkaline batteries there are still components in these single use batteries that make them very undesirable in entering the waste stream. All batteries have 3 things in common: they are non biodegradable, they contain heavy metals and they all contain electrolytes that can contaminate the groundwater. Used batteries are far worse than paper, plastic or glass for the environment, yet people think that since the mercury was eliminated, they are just fine to put into our landfills.
The real reason they are being given the green light to dump is because of cost. Alkaline batteries are relatively expensive to recycle so the blind eye is turned. If it was required to recycle them, as it is in europe, the cost to process would reduce dramatically. Don't buy Eveready and Duracell's line of bs that this stuff is OK to put into our landfills and eventually into our groundwater.

Re: Shippable Recyclables

Jo Starr — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:15:33 -0000

This is about the most awesome thing I've read all day! I had no idea! Thank you very much for this article.

Re: Yes! You Can Recycle Styrofoam!

Styrofoam — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:20:30 -0000

I agree. Styrofoam is such a versatile material that we can get many uses from it once we learn how to recycle them properly.

Re: D-Day is Coming to Delaware

Briddes — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:54:55 -0000

I usually only buy soda during the summer so I just recently found out about this new tax (oops, I meant fee). This is higher than the 6% that I would pay in Pennsylvania. Looks like I will be shopping in PA instead of the Tax-Free Shopping state.

Re: Making Plastic into Glass

Wen-D — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:28:55 -0000

EcoFair360 will be July 8-10 at the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn, WI - just 8 miles from Lake Geneva. We are looking for artists to display who are working with recycled materials as mentioned in this post! If interested - please contact wend@ecovisionslc.org. And remember to come to the Fair - for information on all things green. Check out the lists of exhibitors and presenters at www.ecofair360.com. Spread the word!

Re: Vote for ecycler!

ecycler — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:04:10 -0000

Thanks again for everyone's support! We appreciate the votes.

Re: Terbium! More Valuable than Silver?

shredding Austin — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:01:49 -0000

Old microchips and batteries need to be disposed properly. Paper and plastic products are not the only things that we can have shredded or recycled these days. There are facilities which recycle old computer parts such as hard drives, even cell phones.

In this way, we no longer have to keep old models of electronic gadgets at home as they only consume space. When we acquire newer models, we should think about how we can dispose of the old models that we have as well.

Re: Electronic Waste – Reduce Reuse Recycle

Diana Martinez — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:17:44 -0000

I love this post, makes such a difference to find ways to reuse or recycle electronics.
So many people I know think they cannot be recycled!

Re: Here Comes Earth Hour 2011

solar toys — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:57:12 -0000

Very good post! We think that just switching the lights off on March 26, 2011 is not enough. In fact, it could be considered as a symbolic act, rather than real action...

Let's surpass ourselves. Let's try to save energy on a daily basis for an entire year, that is until the Earth Hour 2012.Let's spread the word around using the social media.

Let us take action!

Re: Vote for ecycler!

Nik — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:55:33 -0000

I love this business. I set-up an informal collection schedule for beer bottles with a homeless guy after I noticed him manually picking the bottles from my recycling bin. How can you organize/appeal to people without access to internet? Maybe a text-message based system? I imagine that people with limited or no internet access represent a large proportion of your market for this?

I'll definitely vote for your business, hope to see you as finalists!

Cheers,
-Nik

Re: Texas Bottle Bill

Dg_seguin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:41:48 -0000

The creators of this bill have not considered the most dangerous aspect of the plastic bottle industry which is the serious adverse affects on our health. The FDA has long been negligent in requiring independent analysis of the water containers. We now know that many of the base chemicals leak into the water and are linked to many health problems including cancer. The bill should have also required that bottle companies provide a safer alternative to petroleum based plastic.

Re: ecycler iPad Giveaway Winner Announced!

Melissa D. — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:02:02 -0000

Best win ever.

Re: Texas Bottle Bill

Fishing4cats — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:24:44 -0000

Based on the curently proposed $0.10 a typical bag of cans will net $110.00 which would be a good incentive for the teen drivers that are going to need the extra cash to pay $4.00 a gal but the there will need to a bill proposed or something to protect them from being charged with 101 counts of Minor in Posession!!

Re: ecycler and Squidoo

ecycler — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:52:23 -0000

Added squidoo lens #10

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Re: ecycler and Squidoo

ecycler — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:22:54 -0000

Added #8 and #9:

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Re: ecycler and Squidoo

ecycler — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:36:39 -0000

Good stuff... Just added #7... http://www.squidoo.com/where-t...