A Unique Birthday Present

Remember that Lego Turkey worth an hour's wait? Well, I decided that it would make a nice gift! I "recycled" a plastic container and some Volcom stickers along the way. Finally, I added some cranes for a nice touch. Genuine!

Minecraft: Please Recycle!

This is a friendly reminder expressed through Minecraft to keep up the eco-efforts! Go green!

Recycling bin!

Minecraft recycling facility with recycled glass moving down the line. Did you know that glass and metal can be recycled again and again far more times than paper and plastic? 

Poem: "Carsick"

Down the road we go...
Traffic, ugh! So slow.
I feel sick...
Ick! My vomit is thick.

Can't read on the bumpy road…
Pass by an endangered toad.
What to do?
Play with my shoe?
I'm bored, that's true.

But then! There it is! As far as the eye can see...
We stop at the world's last tree!
I fill with glee.
I am as happy as can be!

GE Wind Energy Commercial

Here's a unique commercial by the company GE promoting wind energy. Did I ever mention my obsession over wind turbines?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fViObqGvIjM&feature=player_embedded

(Sorry, it wouldn't allow me to embed this video.)

Adopt a Christmas Tree This December

"Merry Christmas, I killed a tree!"

Post Halloween Pumpkin "Recycling"

It's been half a week since Halloween... What are you going to do with that pumpkin? Especially if you carved one out, they're not going to last more than another week.

Here's an article by ehow.com on five ways to put your old, saggy pumpkin from Halloween to good use.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4500385_recycle-pumpkins.html

3 Pictures of Wind Turbines

Wind turbines! I find such fascination in these sources of renewable energy. People complain that they're noisy and ugly, but to me, they're a work of art. Take a look at these three different snapshots of wind turbines:

Ocean

Desert

This one seems like it's on top of a house!

Two Fun Videos (Cereal Box Lifecycle) (Dreams of Flight)

The company GE (General Electric) reviews possible advancements in aviation technology. Complementary with a dash of kids' side comments and their craziest imagination.





Keep on smelling!

Club Penguin Recycling Center

I thought this recycling center they have on Club Penguin is pretty neat! If you throw a snowball, it turns into recyclable waste. (This place is located near the mines)

Ingenious Man in Japan Develops a Way to Convert Plastic Back to Oil

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/REpep-q0LYY?
 One word: incredible.

Recycle Crayons with Crazy Crayons

Image is by Crazy Crayons

Do you suffer by harboring an incessant load of broken, worn out, used, or stubbed crayons?
What are you going to do? Cry? Whine? Oh well, I guess we can only throw them in the trash...

The landfill is so evil, it created a typo!

Are you crazy or something?!?! Unless you want me to STRANGLE YOU, don't throw these potential goods away. Instead, simply recycle them with the company, Crazy Crayons!

This company's instructions are very simple: Fill a box w/ your pooped out crayons, ship it to them, and done. They'll do the rest and melt them into new, fun shaped crayons. You can't really question their expertise considering that they have already recycled 72,000 pounds worth of these otherwise thrown-away writing utensils.

crazycrayons.com
I must say, this is a great alternative for Terracycle, because they aren't accepting them yet.

A Fun Little Ziploc Cartoon

I was browsing the Internet for any interesting "going green" articles, when I stumbled upon a fun little cartoon by Ziploc. A great way to exhibit the curbside recycling process and why plastic bags should be set aside to be sent specific recycling facilities.


Did you notice that near the end when the mother holds the list, the first thing it shows recyclable are Ziploc Bags?

Bath Tissue! Go Green!

Image by Costco

The wiping roll.
That's right. Even though recycling the actual TP is practically impossible, (although if that were possible, we would save a lot of trees. And I mean a LOT!) the packaging and core shouldn't go to waste. The core obviously can be recycled under the paper category, while the plastic outer wrapping can go under plastic. The problem is, only some of the recycling facilities accept it because this stuff will probably jam their systems. No need to worry! You can always send it to Terracycle, shipping paid free.

So NOW there SHOULDN'T be any reason for another core or plastic wrapping to end up in the evil landfill. Oh, and, this is vice versa with paper towel rolls.

Image of evil landfill provided by Wikipedia

A Nifty Little BPA-Free Container

I like how the container is very "grip-able"

      



One thing I noticed is how fast a single baby goes through  containers of Plum Organics Super Puffs. (I've seen one go through three of these thingies in just a week!) I must say, they simply love it! What I like the most, though, is that this company (Plum Organics) is very eco-friendly. They boast that their plastic container is BPA free. Look at that. Now I simply love it!

Although it can be recycled, (they boasted that, too) I was kinda in a "reusable" mood. So I washed it, removed the plastic, and ended up with a nifty little BPA free container to hold whatever I want (such as snacks, coins, etc). If you wanted, you could use glitter, markers, and stickers to decorate it as your own personal container. Cool, huh?

Terracycle: the Awesomeness of Upcycling

This company is all about going green, while at the same time, making green. Founded initially by selling worm poop as fertilizer in a reused bottle, they have grown much more than anyone ever imagined. Today they're making deals with Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and the big guys.

They've been using this method (started in 2007) called Sponsored Waste Upcycling.

Capri Sun, Honest Kids, Frito Lay, Huggies, Paper Mate, and many others pay shipping and offer rewards to individual organizations (schools, clubs, teams, and the like) to collect and send in typically un-recyclable waste to Terracycle to be recycled, or "upcycled" into cool and exotic new products such as backpacks made from juice pouches, kites out of Oreo wrappers, and waste bins created by pelletizing chip bags.

Cool, huh? I like to call them "the second line of defense" for keeping rubbish out of the landfills.

You can join a Terracycle Brigade yourself at terracycle.net, while at the same donating to a charity or school of your own choice!

Eco-Friendly Widget

I found the coolest little eco-friendly widget. The meaning of it was to prove that even un-recyclable  waste can also have new life!

Click on any of the objects, and they'll turn into reused consumer products.






This widget thing-of-a-bob was brought to you by the amazing going green company, Terracycle. To learn more about them and their green awesomeness, visit terracycle.net.

Reusing Newspaper as Wrapping Paper

"Why waste wrapping paper when you can use the Sunday Comics?"

Game: Windfall

Since today is Earth Day, I wanted to share this game I found from addictinggames.com. It's called Windfall. The scenario if the game is to build wind turbines to help the world go green. Watch out, though- citizens of the area are very picky, so be selective as to where you place the wind turbines. Try it out for yourself! :)

SunChips Noisy Bag

Everyone has been talking about the world's first compostable bag--but not because of its less impact on the environment. People complain that this bag is just too noisy. I bought one, and yes, it is noisy. But I didn't really care. I was actually more glad that at least someone finally decided to change on the environment, although SunChips have already been doing their part using solar energy at their factories.

Recycling Entry

Credit for this image goes to Wikipedia

Hello, Legoman here. On a TV channel, a lady was talking about recycling. She said that there are three main things in our life that are in a cycle. One, you see an ad on TV that makes you interested in buying it. Two, you buy the item you saw on TV. Three, you work hard to pay the item off. Then the cycle starts again. After your hard day at work, you relax on your couch and watch some TV. You see an ad with something you like, and you go to the store to buy it. The cycle keeps going on. How does this have anything to do with recycling? Well, since this cycle keeps going on, your house gets filled up with items that you are no longer interested in. But, what happens to the items you are no longer interested in? There is one answer to that: Throwing it out. All that junk you don't use anymore gets sent to a landfill, where it gets buried. In a result, all those people out in the world would also dump their junk at a landfill. What a lot of junk! That is why you shouldn't waste your stuff and "hand me downs" help the Earth. Please recycle!