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Earthfinds – India

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Most of us here in America do a fairly good job of recycling our day to day products. The people in India take the cake though!

In just one rather large village in India, home to over a million people, the majority of the people recycle. They take it a step further that most. While many folks are really craft at creating new items from used ones, the Indians excel at it.

These home crafters gather trash from all over the city. They then transform it into new products. It’s a way of life for these Indians and a substantial portion of their income.

Overall, India recycles about 40 percent of their electronic waste. Kudos to India!

National Geographic’s Novica features some prominent Indian artists. Their creations range from wall hangings, metal works, woven and fabric items and jewelry.

http://www.novica.com/region/india/index.cfm?rid=15

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Net Recycling Program

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

I’m sure you’ve all read about plastic fishing nets destroying ocean life. But, have you heard about the derelict net recycling program in Hawaii?

The Honolulu Derelict Net Recycling Program takes used fishing nets in for recycling. They are chopped, crushed, sorted and ultimately recycled into fuel for the HPower electricity plant.

Their net recycling program takes in nets turned in by the general public, fishermen and other volunteers. So far, HPower has recycled about 660 tons of old nets into their program.

That’s a good start in the right direction.

fishing nets

fishing nets

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Recycling at a Garage Sale

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Every year we have a garage sale, and every year, LOADS of stuff leaves this house never to return.

I’ve found that ‘if’ you have an item that should be recycled BUT you’re at a loss as to what to do with it, well, you can sell it at a garage sale!  That’s reusing! That’s recycling.

Case in point. I’ve a half full gallon container of Formica adhesive.  IF I were to formally recycle it, I’d have to wait until the city decided to have an all town recycle event.  When they do that, you can haul in paint, etc, for ‘proper’ recycling and people can sort thru the cans and take what they want.  BUT, WHEN is that day?

This can of adhesive is still viable, and I can’t just toss it. That wouldn’t be very environmentally friendly, but hey, I can stick a price tag of a quarter on it and it’ll be gone the first hour of the garage sale!

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