RECYCLING

RECYCLE (Take Caps Off all Bottles)	DO NOT RECYCLE
newspaper corrugated cardboard clear, green and brown glass containers steel, bimetal and aluminum cans #1, #2, and #3 plastic containers drink boxes milk and juice containers Catalogs & magazines Junk Mail Office paper Soft-Covered Books File Folders Soda & Beer Cartons Crushed Cereal Boxes Shoe Boxes Tissue Boxes Rice & Macaroni Boxes	plastic bags aluminum foil trays pie plates margarine tubs light bulbs plate glass broken glass mirrors spray cans used oil paint pesticide chemical containers Remove all caps, lids and straws Do not place recyclables in a plastic bag

• Take The Pledge (Sign the Pledge to Reuse, Reduce & Recycle)

I ___________ hereby pledge to fully comply with my commitment to Reduce, Re-use and Recycle and build a sustainable community, locally and globally, for a better future by doing the following:

•   Reducing, re-using and recycling all that I can at    home, work and any place I go.
•   Saving energy by turning off all lights, electronic   equipment and appliances when I am not using them.
•   Saving energy by changing all lightbulbs at home to        compact fluorescents.
•   Saving water by reducing my use.
•   Guarding against pollution of land and water.
•   Carpooling, walking, biking and driving so I can be      energy-efficient as much as possible.
•   Educating people around me to practice the Commandments of the 3 Rs.

I recognize that these efforts will not only protect the environment that I depend upon for survival, but it will also save money for my workplace and home.

• For  small cartridges: Empties4cash.com

Also bring your used printer inkjet or toner cartridges to Staples, Office Depot, or OfficeMax to receive credit toward their respective rewards programs. You can then use the credits to receive a discount on purchases made in these stores.

Read more:

• How to Recycle Your Used Printer Inkjet or Toner Cartridge for Cash
• eHow.com

• Thrift Stores
  Most thrift stores will accept donations of VHS tapes.
• Green Disk
  Green Disk will recycle your old VHS tapes for you.
• Freecycle
  Offer your VHS tapes on Freecycle and hope somebody else wants them.
• Make Scarecrows
  You can use VHS tapes to keep birds out of your garden. Snip the tape and unravel it. The fluttering, black tape will scare birds away.
• 5. Knit With the Tape
  Myrecycledbags.com has more than one example of a bag made out of old VHS tape.

Plastic bags are very destructive, and very popular. It is a very good practice to avoid the use of plastic bags as much as possible. Bring your tote bag, and reuse plastic bags as much as possible before discarding.

1. Florida Department of Environmental Protection Retail Bags Report
2. Dangers of Plastic Bags

PUBLIX recycles plastic bags.

These items are recycled thru Broward County’s annual Household Hazardous Waste events held throughout the year with partner cities.  The service is free to all Broward County residents and also convenient drop off location in West Park.  You may review the attached link for additional information by copying and pasting into Internet Explorer browser.

• http://www.broward.org/WasteAndRecycling/Recycling/Pages/HouseholdHazardous.aspx

Facts About Paper and Paper Recycling:
* In 2008, the amount of paper recovered for recycling averaged 340 pounds for every person in the U.S.
* In 2008, a record-high 57.4 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling.
* Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
* By 2012, the paper industry’s goal is to recover 60 percent of all the paper Americans consume for recycling, which is approximately 60 million tons of paper.
* One million tons of recovered paper is enough to fill more than 14,000 railroad cars.
* More than 37 percent of the fiber used to make new paper products in the United States comes from recycled sources.
* 87 percent (approximately 268 million) of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.

Be mindful of the environemnt before printing.

• http://www.paperrecycles.org/

Bring cell phones to any City of Miramar facility for recycling.

Company Offers Recycling Service

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- Three words can make a giant pile of trash left over after the holidays shrink substantially."We recycle Styrofoam," said Keith Haag, the owner of Edge Logistics.For the first time, Styrofoam recycling is available for all Broward County residents.

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"We now have an outlet for all the Styrofoam, all the packaging that comes in with all the electronics, furniture," said Cheryl Miller, of the Deerfield Beach recycling program.The city has partnered with a local company called Edge Logistics, one of the few businesses in the country that offers this service."First, it gets chopped and then it gets heated and then it works its way through the machine and comes out at 344 degrees," said Haag.The reason the program is so exclusive is that some believe recycling Styrofoam is often more of a hassle than it's worth. It weighs virtually nothing, but it takes up a lot of space.In order to turn a profit, Edge Logisics needs your junk."There's no secret. I need a lot of this material," said Haag. "It can be made into picture frames, document frames, inner soles of shoes."All Broward residents can drop off Styrofoam or any other product that can be recycled at 401 S.W. Fourth St. in Deerfield Beach. The service is free.

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