Beyond Bottles & Cans……

Appliances: Many retailers will haul away the old one and send it to a  recycling facility.

Bulky Waste: Washington County operates a Household Hazardous Waste Collection center and a tire trailer.  The site is located at

 2615 Brink Dr. in south Fayetteville.  The hours of operation are Mon. thru Fri. from 8:00am to 4:00pm.  The phone number is 444-1725.

Fayetteville Waste Management : 9479) 575- 8398

http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/solid_waste/index.cfm

Shoes: reuse- It is estimated that Americans have 1.5 billion pairs of unworn shoes lying in their closets. Gently used shoes can be donated @

http://www.soles4souls.org/donate/your_shoes.html

recycle-Take worn-out athletic shoes (any brand) to a Nike store. Nike’s reuse-a-shoe program recycles the rubber, foam and fabric into athletic surfacing material.

http://www.nikereuseashoe.com/

Baby Diapers: The cost of cloth diapering is about one tenth the cost of disposables. Disposable diapers take hundreds of years to biodegrade and add human excrement to landfills.

http://www.realdiaperassociation.org/diaperfacts.php

http://www.sustainabilityinstitute.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn321diapersed

Unwanted/Unused Clothing: Donate to charity or sell on craigslist.com

Someone can use the forgotten clothing in your closet.

Eliminate Junk Mail: Get off mailing lists.

https://www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/?ref=G

http://www.ecocycle.org/junkmail/index.cfm

Recycle Cell Phones: More than 500 million unwanted cell phones are either awaiting disposal in the home, or seeping hazardous lead, mercury, cadmium, brominated flame retardants, and arsenic into the environment.  And with new features available every year, a cell phone's average life is now less than 18 months, adding more than 125 million cell phones (and their batteries) to our landfills each year — or 2 million toxic mobile phones dumped each week.  http://recyclemycellphone.org/recycle.cfm

http://www.charityguide.org/volunteer/fifteen/cell-phone-recycling.htm

How To Use a Straight Razor: http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/lvgrn-the-knife-at-my-throat.html

Reduce Household Chemicals: Reuse cleanser bottles and mix your own cleansers.

http://www.ecocycle.org/hazwaste/recipes.cfm

Household Cleaner

Mix together: 
1 tsp. liquid soap (castile, peppermint)
1 tsp. borax
Squeeze of lemon 
1 qt. warm water
OR
¼ c. baking soda
½ c. borax
½ c. vinegar
1 gal. water

For surfaces that need scouring, try moist salt or baking soda and a green scouring pad.

Window Cleaner

Mix together:
2 tsp. vinegar
1 qt. warm water
OR
2 tbsp. borax 
3 c. water

Rub dry with newspaper to avoid streaking.

Disinfectant

Mix together: 
¼ c. borax

½ gal. hot water

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