Comments on: Top 10 “No-Brainer” Things You Should Recycle on America #RecyclesDay

By: Caloundra Bookkeeping

Caloundra Bookkeeping — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:13:32 +0000

It’s amazing how you can do so much for our environment by taking note of the daily tasks that we do. We sure do a lot of subscribing of magazines, I think it’s time to use out Tablet PC’s to use and the apps on our iPhone to catch up on the news and the latest gossip. Thank so much for the tips, they’re very practical indeed.

By: Diane MacEachern

Diane MacEachern — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:30:55 +0000

Thanks, Patrick. I remain a strong advocate of paper recycling, but I agree with your other points about the need to recycle plastic, aluminum and electronics, too.

By: Patrick Tuure

Patrick Tuure — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:34:35 +0000

Great article and I agree with you on most points. But I don’t recommend recycling paper, it takes more energy to recycle it than it does to produce new. I know that particular viewpoint will spark off all kinds of comments but it’s quite true.
Cutting back on how much we use is a much better option. There are plenty of simple ways to do this as mentioned in your article.
Keeping any electronics equipment out of the landfills is a must. There are too many toxic chemicals in electronics components. One recommendation on this is asking the recyclers what they do with the electronics they recycle. I’ve unfortunately run into some who simply buy it and ship it to other countries to go into their landfills. Sad, but true.
Aluminum and plastics should always be recycled. Aluminum is very energy intensive to process and refine. Recycling it takes very little effort.
For more information on recycling please visit http://www.recyclespot.net