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Recycling

Recycling used engine oil

Millions of gallons of used engine oil are dumped annually instead of recycled. Learn more about the importance of recycling used engine oil and how you can locate collection points in the USA, Canada, UK and Australia. Green living tips
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CFL disposal and recycling

Compact Fluorescent Lamps have been gaining popularity due to incandescent bulbs being phased out, price decreases and their energy saving attributes – but disposing of the bulbs poses a challenge as CFL’s contain a small amount of an environmental nasty – mercury. G
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Washington's recycling rate increases

The Department of Ecology says that our state’s recycling rate increased to 49 percent last year. That is its highest rate ever. Pretty awesome especially since the nationwide average was 34 percent in 2010.   In the last few years, we've seen more laws put into pl
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Recycling with style – Wed, 11 May 2011 PST

For many, spring triggers a paradox within us – while we yearn to purge the clutter that has slowly crept into our closets and taken over our countertops during the dismally dark days of winter, we cannot resist snagging our neighbor’s somehow more useful-looking discard pile in t
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