Recycle All You Can

Do you recycle?
You do! Great!
I would but....there is not a recycling plant in 100 miles of where we live. We use to have recycling bins as part of our community. But a few years ago they were done away with. And I miss them.

Now I can take cans to a local aluminium cash in site. And you can return plastic bags to a bin at the grocery store. Also many stores have a place to drop of your computer ink cartridges. You can also donate your old cell phones to the cell phone store. But that is it.

I can not recycle paper, plastic or glass. I do what I can with food. First I do not have many leftovers. And I keep a container in the fridge for left over stew. Left over liquids go to the plants in the flower bed. And I rake the dog yard and put the waste in a heap with all my lawn waste. This will make great compost for the gardens.

I was reading about recycling in Australia online. They seem to have a really great system. They have a program called skip hire Sydney that has several good recycling tips. I borrowed them for all of us to take note of.

• Don’t use plastic bags to hold your recyclables – simply put your recyclables straight in the appropriate recycling bin.
• When recycling plastic bottles, make sure they are empty and remove all lids.
• Ensure that paper and cardboard is not spoiled with food, metals, glass or plastics before you recycle
• Recycle your newspapers.
• Printer Cartridges, Corks, Mobile Phones and Plastic Bags can all be recycled.
• Avoid using single use plastic shopping bags
• After a party, take the time to separate the recyclables!

Some other things to consider to help reduce your impact on the environment.

• Buy products that have minimal packaging
• Buy products that have recycled material in their packaging
• Buy Recycled products such as toilet paper and printing paper

Going to the Big Time

Why UPrinting.com isn't your average printing company:

This is what I was pondering when I was looking at a way to help promote my blog. I am sure y'all look at ways to help your blog grow too. Well I am thinking of business cards to share with others as an introduction to who I am and my blog. You know you see them for all kinds of companies. Well, I was thinking that I should think of my blog as my own lil company too! I have been looking at UPrinting every since I won a great photo give away. I liked the results and customer service I received from them. It took me three different photos before I found the one I wanted to enlarge and they were just great about taking the time to see how each one would work out. UPrinting would contact me and let me know if the size was wrong or if the print would be too grainy once it was enlarged. That was good information for me to know so I would be satisfied with the picture I would pick out.

Then UPrinting contacted me and asked if I was interested in having them purchase a lil advertising space on my blog. Would I???? Great! So you will see their lil box over to the right side telling us about ways to save money on printing needs. So now it seems quite logical that I turn to UPrinting to help me upgrade my blog with business cards.

I already like that UPrinting supports a sustainable future by recycling, using non-toxic inks, and offering eco-friendly recycled paper stocks for business cards and postcard printing. If you are looking to find a sponsor for your blog, UPrinting.com is definitely interested. They offer giveaways, advertising and more for qualified bloggers. The U-Community Program sponsors hundreds of non-profits and education to improve our local communities. The UPrinting Kiva account promotes small business growth in developing countries. UPrinting has many ways to help you promote your blog and to help our enviroment stay healthy too!

A Hiking We Will Go

My girlfriend Julie is going to come see me this week. Hopefully arriving Sunday night or Monday morning at the latest. She is braving the lack of a/c here at my home so we can go hiking. Yeah, Hiking! You see Julie is made of tougher stuff than I am and she is helping me expand my horizons. Or at least keep trying to take off some of this excess weight.

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What is neat is that my Sierra club card toting friend can always help me learn how to be better at going Green. You know, saving our earth anyway you can by recycling and reusing. Now being a frugal lady myself that is something I am all for. She is planning on bringing her Ecobins Binocular with her for us to use at the lake. The binoculars are eco-friendly. The carrying case and strap that are part of the Ecobins binoculars are made from a fully biodegradable fiber. I remember learning about biodegradable products when I was in Jr. High school. Yeah, Yeah, back in the olden days. I felt then the strong pull to do what we can to save where we lived. And at that time I vowed to always try and be a conservative person.

I think it is great that Julie can share these earth friendly Ecobins Binoculars with me. She has told me all about the lenses and casing being eco-friendly. And knowing my adorable lil hippy of a girlfriend I know these will be a great assest to our hike. I am sure looking at all the birds around the lake will keep my mind off of the heat!

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