Recycle the World

FREE Wine Rack

2011-01-27T14:10:00.000-08:00

A user of RTW from Houston, Texas has posted a FREE wine rack. Beautifully designed and holds 30 bottles!! To view, visit our website, select Houston, Texas then select Home Decor!

Save on Gas:

2010-12-28T14:57:00.000-08:00

Aggressive driving (speeding, hard braking, and acceleration) wastes gas. It can lower your city gas mileage by 5% and highway mileage by 33%.

2010-12-22T07:19:00.000-08:00

1 Million tons of trash a week is created over the holidays. We can reduce this amount significantly by using our own personal dishes and utensils instead of paper or plastic. Instead of buying more wrapping paper, you could be creative by wrapping your gifts in old magazine paper or newspaper.

Recycle or refill your ink cartridges

2010-12-06T13:28:00.000-08:00

Did you know that you can refill or even recycle your printer ink cartridges? Many stores like office depot or office max, refill your ink cartridges for half the price of a new one, saving you money and they also take empty cartridges to recycle. Visit our website for more recycling tips. www.recycletheworld.org

Winter Energy Tip

2010-11-29T08:12:00.000-08:00

Ceiling fans are great for keeping cool in the summer but are also useful during Winter. Did you know that if you push the tiny switch up on your ceiling fan, it will reverse the spin, pushing warm air down. This will take a load off your furnace.

Saving Water!

2010-11-22T07:32:00.000-08:00

You can save water by using a rain barrel to collect rainwater. It's an easy and cost effective way to collect mineral and chlorine free water which you can then use for watering lawns, yards, gardens and more!

Did you know?

2010-11-15T08:23:00.000-08:00

Americans throw away 25,000,000,000 Styrofoam coffee cups every year. Find a recycle center near you by visiting our website. www.recycletheworld.org

Did You Know?

2010-11-08T08:28:00.001-08:00

The United States has only 6% of the worlds population, but produces half of the world's garbage. For a recycle center near you visit www.recycletheworld.org

Recycling Newspaper

2010-11-01T13:37:00.000-07:00

Did you know: If all our newspaper was recycled, we would save about 250,000,000 trees a year. For a recycle center near you visit: www.recycletheworld.org/recycle-centers.php

Recycle Tips:

2010-10-25T07:53:00.000-07:00

Paint and Aerosol cans are recyclable, but are hazardous waste and need to be kept separate from other metals. Its important to leave labels on these cans, so recyclers know the former contents. Try to return the lids with the empty paint cans!

Holloween Cosumes

2010-10-20T06:41:00.000-07:00

Halloween is right around the corner. Do you have costumes from last year that are too small for your kids? Please give them away on our website. Families in need would love to have them for their kids. Let's see how many costumes we can get posted! Please pass this around. www.recycletheworld.org

Recycling Fun Fact:

2010-10-18T08:02:00.000-07:00

544,000 is the number of trees we would save if every household in the US replaced just one roll of virgin fiber paper towels with 100% recycled ones.

Opt out of Yellow Pages Delivery

2010-10-18T08:01:00.000-07:00

Tired of Yellow Pages delivering a phone book to your door step. Click the link below to learn how to opt out of Yellow Book Delivery. By doing this, we could save trees and energy!
http://www.ypassociation.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Environmental1&Template=/CustomSource/ZipSearch.cfm

Glass Recycling

2010-10-11T06:18:00.001-07:00

Recycling Fun Fact: Glass takes over 1,000,000 years (one million) years to decompose in a landfill. To find a Recycle Center near you visit www.recycletheworld.org/recycle-centers.php

Computer Disks

2010-10-04T08:10:00.001-07:00

Recycling Fun Fact: Almost 4 million computer diskettes are thrown away every day, which equals over 1 and a half billion disks per year OR a stack of disks as tall as the Sears Tower in Chicago every 21 seconds. It will take nearly 500 years for the disks to degrade.

Recycling Fun Fact

2010-09-20T13:52:00.000-07:00

For every 38,000 bills paid online, 5,058 pounds of gases are avoided and two tons of trees are preserved. You can contact your insurance company, electricity provider and even your bank to learn more about going paperless.

BACK TO SCHOOL:

2010-08-27T07:49:00.001-07:00

You can help a student by posting used binders, calculators, laptops, backpacks, etc. Visit www.RecycleTheWorld.org today!

Recycling Fun Fact

2010-08-20T08:23:00.001-07:00

Americans use 4 million plastic bottles every hour, but only 25% of plastic bottles are recycled. For information on recycling plastics visit our website today! www.recycletheworld.org

COLLEGE IS ABOUT TO START!

2010-08-07T07:25:00.000-07:00

We have set up this page for college students to request items that they may need such as computer equipment, calculators, furniture for dorm, etc. People can then search for students in their areas or their alma mater and give to them. 100% anonymous, 100% free, 100% kid friendly. Check it ...out and share with all your friends! http://www.recycletheworld.org/college-student-request.php

Recycling Fun Fact

2010-08-05T07:08:00.000-07:00

Recycling 1 ton of aluminum cans conserves the equivalent of 1,665 gallons of gasoline.

Used Baby Items?

2010-07-28T12:06:00.001-07:00

Do you have an old crib taking up space in storage? Used baby clothes or even diapers that were never used because your baby grew out of them? You can help an expecting parent or even a mother in need by simply giving these used items away. Simply take a picture and post your items to RecycleTheWorld.org today and you can help a child and mother in your local community. Need some ideas? Here are a few items a parent could use: Baby clothes, baby towels/ washrags, toys, bottles (without nipples), crib, bassinet, blankets, cloth diapers (burp rags), mobile, dresser drawer liners, baby bathtub, soaps, diaper creams, lotions…. Etc.

Join the Recycle The World community!

2010-07-26T12:42:00.000-07:00

Join the Recycle The World community! Do you want to get rid of that lamp, table, chairs, coffee maker, baby clothes, etc. Don't throw those items away! Give them away right here. From college kids that need those items to families that can't afford those items, giving them away helps others and reduces the waste in our landfills. It's simple to add your items and you can usually have them taken away within a few days. You can also give "directly" to a college student. All items posted must be FREE and cannot be sold.

2010-07-26T09:28:00.000-07:00

We hope to have the official launch of RECYCLE THE WORLD this week! It is 100% FREE to use. The website is up and we encourage all to go and check it out! Please let all of your facebook friends know about it. It is a great cause!