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What’s more satisfying than installing rows and rows of seedlings into your garden? Not much. Keep that green glow going by giving those now-empty plastic pots and flats a rinse and popping them into your recycling bin. That’s right — they’re recyclable! As long as you clean out the dirt, you can recycle them along [...]
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This year’s uniquely Vermont event known as Green Up Day will happen on Saturday, May 5th, 2012. On that day, residents and businesses across the state will be scouring the landscape to collect debris left by roadsides, washed into creeks, and hiding in other places that should be green and pristine instead of littered with, [...]
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency wants your drugs … the leftover ones, that is! On Saturday, April 28, 2012, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., local constabulary will be on hand at various locations to accept your leftover prescription drugs for proper destruction. This is particularly helpful if you have leftover dangerous or addictive medications that [...]
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What makes your garbage so smelly? Food scraps. What helps plants grow tall and strong? Food scraps … once they’ve been composted, that is. During April, we’re spotlighting all things compost: what it is, how it’s made, why your plants are asking for it by name. We all know that paper, plastic, and metal are [...]
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With record high temperatures comes the need to clear out those flower beds so the spring bulbs can enjoy the sunny days, too. If you suddenly have lots of leaves and other yard debris on your hands, here’s where you can unload it – conveniently and for free: Loads of 3 cubic yards (about a [...]
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Back in the dark ages of recycling 25 years ago, Chittenden County households were for the most part able to recycle only newspapers, cans, and bottles, at community drop-off sites. Limited recycling was available for other materials. Nowadays, we can recycle a wide array of products and materials right at our curbs and at a [...]
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Ever think of your recycling bin as a love letter? In honor of Valentine’s Day, send a message of love to Planet Earth by filling your recycling bin rather than your trash can this week. At the end of the week, you will be amazed at how little trash you have to send to the [...]
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If it has a triangle with a number in it, doesn’t that mean it’s recyclable?? We get this question all the time, and not just about Styrofoam™. Today, though, we’ll focus on this seemingly inescapable material that is technically known as “expanded polystyrene,” and which has been in use in the United States since the [...]
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Have you added de-cluttering to your list of New Year’s resolutions? Here’s a quick list to help you fulfill that resolution so you can get on to more interesting ones, like getting outside to play more and spending more time with friends and family. – CSWD’s A-Z List: Just type in the item or material [...]
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Let’s be honest: For most people, ”waste reduction” is not a phrase that makes your heart go pitter-patter. But when you get together with a group of people from your community and talk about how recycling can help reduce our dependence on foreign oil or save resources for the future, or that by composting you can [...]
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