Desk-side Recycling Tips

Did you know that the U.S. (which has less than 5% of the world’s population), consumes 30% of the world’s paper?! Help save the environment and save money by placing a recycle bin by your desk at home and at work!

Here’s what can be recycled:

• Mixed paper
• Magazines
• Catalogs
• Envelopes
• Sticky notes
• Newspapers
• Mail
• Cardboard boxes (flattened)
• Paper bags
• Egg cartons (not Styrofoam)
• Cereal type boxes (remove plastic inserts)
• Glass containers (all food and beverage containers)
• All plastic bottles
• Metal containers

In addition to saving our natural resources, desk-side recycling cuts down on greenhouse gas emissions. It also keeps items that could be recycled from being hauled off by trash collectors and place in the already over-crowded landfills.

–Maryann Ridini Spencer (this article also appears at SustainableVentura.TV)

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