Comments on: Friday Feature: Terry & Jenyfer Go Green

By: Jenyfer Matthews

Jenyfer Matthews — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:30:31 +0000

I inquired with our local Radio Shack manager about recycling batteries and he’s promised to ask his manager about it. We’ll see!

By: Mona Risk

Mona Risk — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:38:52 +0000

Thank you for a great post and amzing comparison.

By: Mona Risk

Mona Risk — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:37:43 +0000

I lived in Egypt years ago. The only recyclable containers were the bottles of coke. We had to pay a few pennies for the price of the bottle itself. This was refunded when we returned the bottles after drinking the coke.

I never saw the neighborhood of the Zabbaleen as it was one of the poorest areas in Cairo. But I saw it much later when I returned as a tourist with my kids. It’s the place where all the garbage is dumped. Very poor people go there to dig and try to find something useful to use or eat.

There was a man called a robabikiah who would pass by our place regularly and ask if we have old clothes or rags to give him. They weaved the old stuff into rugs and use them as pallets to sleep on.

By: Terry Odell

Terry Odell — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:40:28 +0000

Anita, I remember as a child, pulling my little red wagon around the neighborhood and collecting glass bottles from the neighbors and getting the deposits back. I can remember something like fifty cents being a fortune to me. (Of course, in those days, a box of Girl Scout Cookies was 35 cents)

By: Anita Birt

Anita Birt — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:00:06 +0000

a very creative blog. We’ve had recycling programs in Canada for years now. Everything goes out. Newspapers, glass and plastic containers, cardboard, mixed paper i.e. magazines. We pay an extra ten cents on each liquor bottle and get it back when we return the bottles for recycling. Same with beers bottles.

If I put the liquor and beer bottles out with my blue box, the “pickers” would take them. Our Neighbourhood Association suggests we not do that. It brings a strange assortment of characters into the area.

I turn off lights in rooms I’m not in same with my computer when I’ve finished working for the day. Seems like we are on the same page.

By: Terry Odell

Terry Odell — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:22:37 +0000

Thanks, Theresa -
Here in Florida, hubby knows where to drop off batteries of all kinds for official recycling. As a matter of fact, he collects all the used batteries from the Y (the instructors use battery powered headsets and go through them like crazy) and recycles those as well.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:10:26 +0000

Jenyfer mentions using rechargeable batteries as a way of going green with electricty. While there are limited recycling programs in Cairo, rechargeable batteries can be 100% recycled in the U.S. and Canada through a nonprofit program called Call2Recycle.org. It utilizes retail participants where rechargeable batteries and cordless electronics are sold. Places that sell power tools, cordless phones, cell phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, camcorders, two-way radios, remote control toys can enroll in this free program to accept used rechargeable batteries for recycling. US and Canadian residents can visit http://www.call2recycle.org, type in their zip/postal code to find a participating drop off location in their neighborhood.

By: Terry Odell

Terry Odell — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:13:36 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, and helping pass the word. As Earth Day approaches, it’s good to remember to do something nice for the planet.

And thanks to Jenyfer for making this post possible, and for sharing what it’s like where she lives. Those of us in the US often forget we’re not alone on the planet, sorry to say.

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CDM Registration — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:52:25 +0000

Thank you very much for sharing this Environment related information and i am happy to read this post and this article is really helpful to protect our environment like air pollution, recycling of waste, protection and conservation of the marine environment etc…..