This week’s Quick Tip!
Two percent of the world’s supply of oil is turned into water bottles!
As few as 20 percent of water bottles are recycled,
and by law they cannot be turned into more water bottles
as they are considered contaminated by human contact.
Try drinking tap water – out of a reusable bottle or pitcher. Buy a water filter if it makes you feel better.
Do you know what’s in bottled water?
The contents of at least 40% are just municipal tap water, which may or may not be treated or filtered.
The exact source of the water or its chemical content is not required to be placed on the label!
Do you know who checks the quality of bottled water?
The EPA verifies the quality of tap water supplied by municipalities across America.
The FDA oversees bottled water, but only from out-of-state sources.
The FDA requires bottlers to test for contaminants, but considers bottled water at lower risk than other products,
and inspects water-bottling plants less frequently than others.
The FDA only inspects 1 in 1 million bottles of water sold in stores.
Which do you think is safest to drink, bottled water or tap water?
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How Do I Go Green?
Have fun calculating your carbon footprint, shop for green and fair-trade products,
and learn about ways to help your environment -- all at the same time!
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- Donate your old phone to Cell Phones for Soldiers
- Dress for Success helps disadvantaged women around the world by giving them
clothes, shoes, and accessories for job interviews.
- Eco-Cycle works to build zero-waste communities.
- ExcessAccess matches donated household items with non-profits in need.
- Soles4Souls distributes your old shoes to needy people around the world.
- Nike Reuse-A-Shoe turns old sneakers into basketball courts and other playing surfaces.
- Get paid to recycle electronics at: My Bone Yard or
eBay EZ Tradein.
- Give electronic items away locally on the Freecycle.org list-serv.
- Your equipment can be matched to a non-profit in need through the National
Cristina Foundation.
- Charitable Recycling Program, lets you help charities with your recyclables.
- Make use of drop-off sites and recycling events by retailers (Best Buy,)
(Staples,)
and manufacturers (SONY.)
- Find drop-off locations for broken electronics
you cannot reuse, sell, or donate.
- Give books to schools, librarians, and orphanages around the world
- Habitat for Humanity accepts good-quality used construction materials.
- Learn about the harm that plastic water bottles do the the planet.
- Find out more about bottle deposit programs, including a proposed National Bottle Bill.
- Recycle items containing steel at the Steel Recycling Institute website.
- Monroe County Department of Environmental Services (DES)
- Sunnking Electronics Recycling in Brockport takes anything with a plug or circuit board:
$10 charge for TVs, $5 charge for PC CRTs; everything else free!
- Waste Management – Fisher’s recycling partner
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