DID YOU KNOW? 5 THINGS YOU CAN RECYCLE

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Did you know you can recycle the following?

1. APPLIANCES: Many stores will recycle your old appliances when you purchase a new one. Goodwill accepts working appliances. Go to www.goodwill.org, or you can contact the Steel Recycling Institute to recycle them at www.recycle-steel.org.

2. ATHLETIC SHOES: One World Running will send still-wearable shoes to athletes in need in Africa, Latin America, and Haiti: www.oneworldrunning.com. Nike's Reuse-a-shoe program turns old shoes into playground and athletic flooring: www.nikeuseashoe.com

3. BATTERIES: Contact www.batteryrecycling.com

4. CLOTHES: Wearable clothes can go to your local Goodwill outlet or shelter. Donate wearable women's business clothes to the non-profit Dress for Success, which gives them to low-income women as they search for jobs: www.dressforsuccess.org. Offer UNwearable clothes to local animal boarding and shelter facilities, which often use them as pet bedding.

5. COMPACT FLOURESCENT BULBS (CFL): Take them to your local IKEA store for recycling: www.ikea.com. You can also order a Syvania RecyclePak: www.sylvania.com/recycle/recyclepak.

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6. COMPUTERS AND ELECTONICS: To find the most responsible recyclers go to: www.bank.org/pledge/Locations.html

7. FOAM PACKING PEANUTS: Your local pack-and-ship store will likely accept these for reuse. Or call the Plastic Loose Fill Producers Council to find a drop off site: 800-828-2214. For places to drop off foam blocks for recycling, contact the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers: 410-451-8340, www.epspackaging.org/info.html

8. INK/TONER CARTRIDGES: www.recycleplace.com; also many office supply retailers offer ink/toner cartridge recycle programs.

9. OIL: Find used motor oil hotlines for each state: www.recycleoil.org

10. PHONES: Collective Good will refurbish your phone and sell it to someone in a developing country: www.collectivegood.com. Call to Protect reprograms cell phones to dial 911 and gives them to domestic violence victimes: www.donateaphone.com.