Clifton Park NY - Recycle Me Please!!!
I don't consider myself a "tree hugger" but I try to be a good steward of our natural (and un-natural) resources. Often times I may have something I consider junk and in years past I would have simply thrown it in the garbage can. Now, I think twice.
For example, last year I removed some wooden lattice work from the bottom of my deck and replaced it with 1x4s. Instead of just throwing the lattice in the garbage, I posted it on the FREE section of craigslist.com. I got 7 legitimate emails from people who wanted it. Many of them had camps up north and they only needed a little for their decks.
Three years ago I cleaned out my basement. I'm the kind of guy that always saves the boxes and packing material from electronic equipment. While cleaning up, I amassed a HUGE pile of polystyrene. This is the "Styrofoam" that TVs, computers, radios, and all sorts of electronic things are packed in. I had enough to fill up 4 cardboard boxes that large TVs come in. Now that is a lot of polystyrene to throw in a landfill!!!
After extensively searching the Internet and calling a couple of local garbage collection companies, I couldn't find anyone that would take it for recycling. Then it dawned on me; the local mail and shipping store BUYS this sort of stuff to sell, so why not ask them if they would re-use it. They were happy to take it and use it for shipping material.
So, help the environment and help a local business by saving and donating your used polystyrene, packing peanuts, and bubble wrap. Thank you!!!
Serving Clifton Park NY and the entire Albany NY Capital Region
Lewis Beynon, REALTOR
Prime Property Solutions, LLC
(518)281-3951 LewisB@nycap.rr.com
Lewis - There is a local shipping and mail box store that accepts my styrofoam 'peanuts' in my effort to recycle, reduce and reuse. Glad to hear you're doing it too.
I cut the bubble wrap into sheets and use them between my stored dinner plates as a cushion.
SUZANNE - I never thought of using the bubble wrap for "seasonal" or fine china.....Thanks for sharing.