Monday, August 30, 2010

Recycling #5 plastic

I received a question about recycling #5 plastic this morning and I thought I should share the recycling options. #5 plastic is most commonly used for yogurt cups, butter containers, and some take out containers. Here are a couple options for recycling #5 plastic…

1) Here is a link to the City of Coon Rapids recycling center. They accept #1, #2, #4, #5, and #6 plastic that is labeled with the plastic number. http://www.ci.coon-rapids.mn.us/recycling/recyclecenter.htm

2) You can also recycle #5 plastic containers at the Whole Foods grocery store in Minneapolis or St. Paul or you can mail #5 to the “gimme five” program. Here is a link on this http://www.preserveproducts.com/recycling/gimme5.html

We are always trying to add more plastic items to our curbside recycling program, but no contractor offered this service when we went out for bid last year. Happy Recycling!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Reuse Ideas

There are so many ways to reuse old stuff and a fellow blogger asked me to share some of their ideas. Here is a link...http://www.environmentalsciencedegrees.net/blog/2010/15-crafts-using-recycled-materials/

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

2 for 1

After not blogging for quite some time, I'm giving you a 2 for 1 (2 posts in 1 day). The social media workshop I went to today was great and I have many new ideas to connect better with people out there. I'm going to look more into Facebook (thanks Brian), twitter, and Youtube, since everyone uses them. I'm going to set up some google analytics on our website, look into tweetdeck and I may even create a listening dashboard.

To more timely news, don't forget to visit with your neighbors tonight for National Night Out. And if they don't have a recycling container out for the celebration, bring one over and tell them "Dan made me do it".

Social Media

I'm going to learn about social media today. Maybe it will help me write a more regular (and interesting) blog. Or, if you have any tips, please let me know. Wish me luck!