ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE
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Althetic
Shoes- Donate old athletic shoes and Nike will recycle them. Call
a local CitySports store in the Boston area or call Niketown at 200 Newbury
Street in Boston at 617-267-3400, or look on the web.
Battery and
Other Toxics Disposal
Hazardous materials like batteries are a risk to our health and our environment.
Although larger batteries no longer contain mercury, smaller 'button-sized'
batteries do contain this dangerous public health hazard. One teaspoon
of mercury-the amount contained in several small batteries-is enough to
severely contaminate a pond. Unfortunately there is a great shortage of
places to dispose of these hazardous materials. Fortunately, there is
a great website called http://www.earth911.org/.
At this site you can find out where the best place to dispose of your
hazardous materials is, learn about composting and energy conservation,
get green shopping tips, and a whole host of other items.
Carpet- Don't
let your old carpet go to the landfill where it will leach into the soil.
Here are carpet recycling companies who operate in Mass:
Environmental Consolidation and Recovery Services: call Paul Ashman, President
at 978-276-121,1 72A Concord Street, North Reading, MA 01864
Carpetcycle in Elizabeth, NJ: Sean Raigel 908-353-5900, sean@carpetcycle.com
Allegheny Contracting Winchester, MA: James Burke 781-935-1077 jburke@alleghenycontract.com
The Invironmentalists, Canton, MA: Lisa Barton 781-830-9966, lisa.m.barton@theinvironmentalists.com
Cell Phones-
If you bring your old cell phone to any Staples store you can do triple
good! A donation will be made to the Sierra Club, those still useable
will be re-sold to customers in South America, India or Eastern Europe,
and those not worth anything will be recycled properly by a Georgia company
called Collective Good.
Computers
Other and Assorted
Household Stuff-
Now that you have that new DVD player/sweater/lampshade/whatever, you
may be wondering what to do with the many old, but still useable, things
you have around. Besides donating to Goodwill, you may want to check out
a "Freecycle" network- there are currently 18 across Massachusetts-
where you can give and exchange with others in your community. Go to www.freecycle.org.
Packing materials-
Don't throw them out! Either save them for the next package you send
or call 800-828-2214 to find a local collection center near you! Also,
Mailboxes Etc. will take the styrofoam peanuts, but not other packaging.
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