10 Ways You Can Recycle

Recycling is easy. Here are several ways you can recycle above and beyond what you're tossing into your the blue bin:

1. Metal hangers: bring them back to the dry cleaner. They will gladly accept them. Hangers are expensive and most dry cleaners these days are recycling hangers.

2. Eye glasses: Many eye glass retailers have a bin for recycling eye glasses. They get refurbished and go to the poor so they are put to very good use.

3. Cell phones: Pretty much every cell phone retailer today recycles old phones for the poor, so don't throw yours away!

4. Ink cartridges: Staples is just one retailer that gives points equal to $1 to for a returned ink cartridge. Return 10 ink cartridges, get $10 in a rebate check. You must be a rewards member to get the rebates.

5. Take your old books to your local library: Most libraries have a used book sale every year. Or, search online for a needy community such as areas struck by Hurricane Katrina that might be looking for books.

6. College text books: There are websites that both buy and sell college text books, including Barnesandnoble.com and ecampus.com.

7. Grocery bags: Bring your plastic bags back to the grocery store. Stop & Shop keeps a recycling bin in the entranceway.

8. Clothes: Donate your gently worn clothes to your local shelter or Goodwill store.

9. Batteries: Take your regular batteries down to your local firehouse. Ours collects hazardous materials on the first Saturday of every month.

10. BBQ propane gas cans: Take your empty propane tanks to a local propane company in your area. They will gladly recycle them.

And don't forget things like mulching your leftovers and making quilts for the poor out of your old clothes. There is a use for everything if you think about it!

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