Challenges

May 27, 2014

Junk Mail

In the living room:
Get rid of your junk mail---or at least recycle it. The average U.S. household receives 1.5 trees worth of junk mail each year, and many of these trees are thrown right into the trash. For the junk mail you continue to receive, remember to toss it in the recycling bin instead of throwing it out in the garbage. You can even recycle plastic window envelopes so why not give it a try. If all Americans recycled their junk mail, $370 million in landfill dumping fees could be saved every year.


Ps: Be green
By: Stella.E

May 26, 2014

Composting

In the kitchen:
Keep your kitchen scraps from fruits, vegetables, and coffee grounds in a composting bin or container. You can even try adding them to your garden or starting a compost site in the yard. You'll grow a better garden, create deeper topsoil, recycle nutrients, and save some landfill  space. If, over the the course of a year, everyone in the United States composted their kitchen scraps instead of sending them away with the trash, the organic waste diverted from landfills could make a three foot-high compost pile to cover the city of San Francisco.




Ps: Be green
By: Stella.E