Have you noticed the new marketing piece that some bottled water companies are touting? Smaller bottle caps, less plastic. How about stainless steel or plastic reusable water bottles and no plastic water bottles at all? Sorry bottled water companies, but it's time. That was not an easy transition for us. We were water bottle addicts, buying the jumbo cases at the ginormous local warehouse shopping place. We would fill garbage bag after garbage bag with empty water bottles. But, hey, we … [Read more...]
Apathy. Awareness. Action!
A television is left on the curb. A laptop is thrown in the trash. Did you know that people in California are disposing of 9,200 televisions and computer monitors, on average, EVERY DAY! Sadly, some end up on the curb and some end up in the trash. Thankfully, we have the television and the laptop and both will now be recycled properly. But how do you address the apathy about electronic waste recycling and build awareness so that fellow Californians will take the proper action? … [Read more...]
A Good Day to Collect Some e-Waste!
Like almost 10,000 pounds of ewaste! After much planning, our electronic waste collection event at Saddleback Church was a huge success. Over 130 families came through with various kinds of electronic waste - anything from really heavy televisions to a vintage 80's style car phone. Notice I said "car" phone and not "mobile" phone - there is nothing mobile about that one! But we all had a good laugh remembering when those Miami Vice style phones were all the rage. There were so many wonderful … [Read more...]