Today’s “Recycling Mondays” video is about recycling glass.

Start from the beginning:

• Part 1

Previous Video:

• Part 5

This is going to be a weekly series - Recycling Mondays, a great way to start the week. I’ll keep posting the videos from this series and then find some other great recycling topics for you every week.

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Recycling - The Process Part 6

I’ve always recycled grocery bags, but over the past two months grocery bags have actually become a commodity here in Montgomery County, MD. A law was passed to require certain stores to charge five-cents on each plastic or paper bag they provided us. Being a green enthusiast I am all for this! The Law which is similar to Washington D.C.’s Bag Law was designed to reduce the use of disposable bags by bringing reusable bags.

Reasons Behind the Law

• Plastic bags are the biggest single source of waterway litter.
• Montgomery County spens 3 millions dollars to clean up these plastic bags.
• To have a trash free Potomac River.
• The county’s way to meet state-mandated MS4 stormwater permit requirements.
• To reduce litter and therefore pollution in the Anacostia River.

Other Facts

• Retailers retain 1 cent of each 5 cents for the bags they sell to a customer.
• The leftover 4 cents goes into the County’s Water Quality Protection Charge (WQPC) fund.
• Awesome Visual Aid about grocery bags and the effects it has on the environment - Washington Post
• Click to read more about the bill and the FAQ’s.

Now, I make sure to always have a reusable bag in my purse and a few extra in the car (for those unplanned grocery store stops). Since these bags are actually worth money now, I thought they deserved a nice container to put them in. Being an Etsy addict I went instantly on there and found the most stylish Eco-friendly grocery bag holder made of 100% cotton from Sunshine Sisters. I ordered the “Pernilla’s Journey Paradise Green Mamba” designer print and waited only a few days for it to arrive in the mail. Getting a package is always exciting, but knowing it has the personal touches of an Etsy seller makes it so much more enjoyable.

About Sunshine Sisters

Janna Perry a mother, teacher and fellow Creative who sells not only these grocery bag holders, but also cloth dinner napkins (another item to use for less waste and also fits into the grocery bag holder), etc. Check out Sunshine Sisters store on Etsy.

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Reduce & Reuse Grocery Bags

Today’s “Recycling Mondays” video is about recycling plastics.

Start from the beginning:

• Part 1

Previous Video:

• Part 4

This is going to be a weekly series - Recycling Mondays, a great way to start the week. I’ll keep posting the videos from this series and then find some other great recycling topics for you every week.

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Recycling - The Process Part 5

All about metals…

Start from the beginning:

• Part 1

Previous Video:

• Part 3

This is going to be a weekly series - Recycling Mondays, a great way to start the week. I’ll keep posting the videos from this series and then find some other great recycling topics for you every week.

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Recycling - The Process Part 4

Ever had one of your electronics break on you and knowing there’s got to be some place to recycle it (instead of just tossing this once pricy item in the trash)? When the lens to my old Nikon film camera broke I packed it away until I found someone or some company to recycle it. Thinking there would be plenty of places to recycle a broken lens I ended up only finding one (where I wouldn’t have to pay them money to recycle it). Gazelle.com My lens ended up being valued at $0 so they didn’t offer me any money or free shipping, but I am always willing to pay for shipping if it means the item gets reused or recycled.

About Gazelle.com

Gazelle.com is a company that first tries to reuse a product, then if the retail or wholesale channels they have don’t work they find the right people to recycle the product. The business started back in 2006 and they currently have more than 20 categories (see items below) of products that they recycle. If your product is valued $1 or more you get free shipping, and they might even give you money for your product.

The process was fairly easy:

• Just type in the items you are trying to recycle in the search.
• Select what type of condition its in
• Give more basic information on it and what accesories you’d also be recycling
• They’ll then let you know if they can offer you any money for the item
• Then you “checkout” - your information is collected and you are given instructions on how to recycle your items and where to ship it to.

Categories

• Blu-Ray Players
• Calculators
• Camcorders
• Camera Lenses
• Cell Phones
• Desktops
• Digital Cameras
• E-Readers
• External Hard Drives
• Gaming Consoles
• GPS Devices
• Home Audio
• Laptops
• LCD Monitors
• Movies
• MP3 Players
• PDAs
• Projectors
• Satellite Radios
• Streaming Media
• Video Games

*They currently don’t accept CRT Monitors, Printers, or Fax Machines, but will help you find local recyclers who might.

You can read more about this company and what of your electronics you can recycle at Gazelle.com

If you know of another company or place to recycle broken camera lens comment below!

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Camera Lens Recycling

Did you know that when recycling paper the part of the process is “lifting the type off of the paper” with what’s called the deinker? Learn more about it with the video below…

• Part 1
• Part 2

This is going to be a weekly series - Recycling Mondays, a great way to start the week. I’ll keep posting the videos from this series and then find some other great recycling topics for you every week.

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Recycling - The Process Part 3

Seeing that today is recycling day here in my neighborhood I thought it would be perfect to continue the video series on what happens to all the things in your recycle bins when they leave your house.

If you missed the first part of the series click here

This is going to be a weekly series - Recycling Mondays, a great way to start the week. I’ll keep posting the videos from this series and then find some other great recycling topics for you every week.

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Recycling - The Process Part 2

Came across this fantastic series the other day. It breaks down how recycling works. Might be a great series to show as you try and get the people around you to recycle more!

I know most people understand how to drop paper/plastic and metals in a bin and put it on the curb but it’s really interesting to see how it works out after the truck grabs your recyclables.

This is going to be a weekly series - Recycling Mondays, a great way to start the week. I’ll keep posting the videos from this series and then find some other great recycling topics for you every week.

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Recycling - The Process Part 1