REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

Our mission is to raise awareness for the current state of our world's solid waste. Our actions affect the environment in our local and global community because what we throw away will end up in our future generations' living space. If we do not do something to save our environment, we will end up losing our natural resources. Think global, act local.

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Having too much fun recycling. Stay green, my friends.

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That's us :D

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Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling Tips

Tip #3: Turn Used Cans & Bottles into Hard Cash $$$

You just had a big party. You bought many various drinks in cans and bottles. What do you do with all those empty cans and bottles? Throw them in the recycle? Well, yes, but there's a more "profitable" way to dispose of them. Accumulate as many cans and bottles as you can. A little of this: 

will lead to this:

Then take that large bag of recyclable cans & battles to your nearest E-Waste station.

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Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. - Think Global, Act Local

A little video we put together to show you how to go green in little ways in your home or at school. Little changes will lead to big changes. Let's reduce landfill usage together :D

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It's all around us...

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Check out this excellent website on why we should take part in recycling.

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don't waster paper towels. think about the landfills. u don't hav to save ur paper towels for 6 months, but saving them once in a while can make a big difference.

Water Ain't No Thang! - Challenge 2 (by WongFuProductions)

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Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling Tips

Tip #2: Reuse Grocery Bags as Trash Bags

You just went grocery shopping with your mom. Now your home and finished unpacking and putting away the groceries you just bought. What do you do with the plastic bags? Throw them away?! NOOOOOOOO! Save them like so:

I got the fancy bag holder from IKEA for only $1.99. It's useful and looks cool. (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80010222/)

Now place the plastic bag around the trash bin like so:

But for heavy duty trash bins, like in your kitchen, you might want to put a liner first. Voila! Now you have a trash bin in your bathroom:

or even in your room:

Now you are saving plastic bags from landfills and now have an infinite amount of trash bags!

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Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling Tips

Tip #1: Separate Waste Types

What goes where? From left to right - 

   Bin #1: Garbage - compost, left-over food, tissue, floss, toiletries, misc., etc.

   Bin #2: Recycle - paper, cardboard, boxes, newspaper, milk cartons, egg cartons, bottles, jugs, cans, foil, metal, jars, etc.

   Bin #3: Green Waste - leaves, grass, branches, flowers, plants, etc.

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Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle bottled water.

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It's this simple! Props to New York for being aware.

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Think about where your trash is landing up.

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Landfills. Yuck.

Alaska has 300 landfill sites, while there are only 134 sites in the entire northeastern region of the United States.

The average American produces 4.65 lbs of waste every day.

Only 48.2% of aluminum beer and soft drink cans were recycled in 2008, while the rest ended up in sites like above.

Less than 1% of plastic bags are recycled.When the small particles from photodegraded plastic bags get into the water, they are ingested by filter feeding marine animals. Biotoxins like PCBs that are in the particles are then passed up the food chain, including up to humans.

Because plastic water bottles are shielded from sunlight in landfills, they will not decompose for thousands of years.

Only 10 percent of the 140.3 million cell phones retired in 2007 were recycled.

  Of the 2.25 million tons of electronics (TVs, cell phones, computers, etc) retired in 2007, 82 percent were discarded, mostly to landfills.

Together, we can make a difference. Just the little things make a big impact.

  Source: http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html

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See this map? This is a map of our Sacramento area. See those red pins? Those are dump sites and land fills just in our area. Make yourself aware.

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Everyday is Earth Day.

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How is it that these aren’t everywhere… were ****** up world! #Recycle #android #instahub #GoGreen #Solidarity (Taken with instagram)