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I hope I have given everyone at least one or two ideas of what to do for this year’s Halloween, a Green Halloween. If you have other green activity ideas that you would like to share, please let me know! I am always welcoming new ideas.

To sum up, I hope everyone’s having an awesome Halloween! Stay Green!

At about this point into the year, you should start to see gold and maroon leaves about to depart from their branches. You should start to feel the change in weather, possibly a little cooler. The reason I said, “possibly cooler” because our globe is heated. When our globe is warmer, possible severed weather changes occur. For example, we have had severed thunderstorms and constant rain in Colorado. Another example is, did you remember 2008’s Halloween? The weather was so awesomely pleasant! Everyone was able to flaunt his or her ghostly costumes without having the coverage of a sweater!

Anyway, the point of today’s post is to ask everyone to do a Green Halloween this year. For the following three weeks, I will introduce different Halloween activities that you, your family, and your friends can all do — to help our planet!

Hint: These activities are not your traditional trick-or-treating and are doable for those who think they are too old for trick-or-treating (ahem, teenagers!).

So, remember to tune in next week!

Happy October!

What the heck is soy-based ink? To answer your question, well its name says it all!

Benefits of soy-based ink:

1. You are saving money because although prices are comparable to petroleum-based ink,  less soy-based ink is needed per print job and it reduces paper waste.
2. Makes paper easier to recycle because soy-based ink is easier to be removed in de-inking process.
3. Soy-based ink has low levels of volatile organic compound! That means LESS HARMFUL TOXINS.

Lastly, soy-based ink produces brighter and sharper colors since soybean oil has intrinsic clearness!

Such plastics have a very low rate of recylability.

Plastic pipes, medical tubing, vinyl dashboards, shower curtains, and (a few) baby bottle nipples contains polyvinyl chloride

Grocery and sandwich bags are example of low-density polyethylene.

Tupperware has what you called polypropylene containers

Polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) is what most common plastics are made of, and PETE is also the easiest material to be recycled. Medicine containers and water bottles are examples of PETE. After these common plastics have been processed by a recycling facility, PETE turns into fiberfill for sleeping bags, life jackets, and winter coats! Not only that we can use PETE to make rope, car bumpers, tennis ball felt, sails for boats, and even furniture!

Visit www.ehow.com to learn How to Recycle Plastic!

“Paper bags are great for lining trashcans or animal cages, versus petroleum-based plastic liners you would otherwise buy. They can be used to cover books to help them last longer, and can be turned into gift wrap (which you can have fun decorating) or packaging material. Paper bags have thousands of other possible applications, so get creative!” — Brian Clark Howard, The Daily Green.

Vintage Pumps

Ladies!

“Make the sidewalk your catwalk as you step into high fashion with these new-to-you pump. By purchasing vintage product instead of new, you help reduce environmental impact and the need for new materials. It’s always best to re-sole tour shoes instead of buying new — and it’s a whole lot cheaper, too” — Ebay Green Team.

Look good while saving the environment, get these vintage pumps!

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According to TheDailyGreen.com, each and everyone of us tosses out 4 1/ lbs of garbage every day resulting in 245 tons of garbage per year!

Now before throwing out anything, take an overall look at it. How is its condition? Is it still usable? There are collection centers that are willing to accept anything that is still in good condition. Ladies, do you have clothes that you considered a fab? Well, if those clothes are still in good shapes then donate them!

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1. CFL light bulbs. CFL bulbs do have some mercury and while I think it’s important to use them versus regular bulbs, when it comes to disposing of them, you should recycle. Home Depot has a CFL recycling program so you can just bring your old CFL bulbs to your local store.
2. Lithium-ion batteries. The chemicals in them can leech into the soil and the water supply polluting the ecosystem. Take these to Best Buy, which collects and recycles them.
3. Electronics equipment. These guys are often filled to the brim with poisonous substances. These include TV’s, stereos, speakers, and mobile phones. Check Earth 911 to find out where they can be recycled. Mobile phones can often be taken back by your cell phone dealer.
4. Car-related fluids. Things like antifreeze, wiper fluid, engine oil, or anything that comes from your car is usually terribly toxic as you might imagine. You can recycle these normally at your local government hazardous waste collection point.
5. Paints. This includes varnishes, stains, and paints. All of these should go to your local government’s designated hazardous materials collection point.

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