No Pictures, But...Recycling Ideas

We have not done anything picture worthy the past couple of days. Both the girls have had the congestion issues going around. It snowed again today and will probably stick around until tomorrow, meaning that Katelyn's preschool will probably be closed. Oh, the fun of going by the Blount County Schools' snow schedule... all the more reason to hopefully sometime soon move into the city!

Anyway, here are some recycling ideas for electronics and clothing...

Electronics

Why?
Electronic waste is multiplying at three times the rate of other municipal waste. (Just make sure you recycle at a dependable facility - some recyclers just ship TVs to overseas dumps.) Analog TVs contain toxins like chromium, lead, and mercury that can leach past landfill liners. These toxins can have a nasty effect on our ground water.

How?
I took Mom’s old (and HEAVY :)) computer to Tennessee Technology Solutions, and it was SO easy. They are located off of Robert C. Jackson drive, attached to the UPS building. You will see a sign on the door saying, Tennessee Technology Solutions. Just go in and tell the person at the desk you have an old TV, computer, whatever it may be and they will ask you to drive around back to the bay labeled Computer Recycling. Then, just open the trunk and the nice boys will get it out of your can and do what they do with it. It’s that easy.

Or… like we did, see if your church could use your old TV or computer. I know Fairview has already gotten a lot of use out of our old TV.

Clothing

Why?
Help reduce the nearly 9 million tons of clothing tossed into our landfills yearly. Each pound of clothing that you recycle spares 1.7 pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere (since creating new materials uses more energy than recycling).

How?
Project Underwear - donate good-condition, clean (obviously) underwear through the mail to this Italian organization, and it'll find its way onto a little bottom in Ethiopia, India, or Romania.
Patagonia Common Threads Garment Recycling - send in or drop off your worn-out thermal underwear (and other clothes), and Patagonia will turn them into new apparel.
Goodwill and Salvation Army - many of their branches accept clean, gently used underwear (again, emphasis on clean).