recycling

Not all plastic can be put into recycling bins, so check for these numbers.

Failing to properly dispose of batteries can create dangerous situations.

This free holiday tree recycling program has already begun, with multiple locations now available 24-hours a day throughout the Northland.

Inefficient refrigerators and freezers can be picked up to be recycled and you could get some money too.

A nonpartisan review of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources statewide recycling programs has found financial discrepancies and assorted review-related shortfalls.

Pizza boxes that are (relatively) clean of left-over food can safely be recycled.

Take the food, family, gifts, and meaning of Christmas out of the equation and what do you have left? A lot of trash! Food waste, gift wrap, boxes, cards, decorations, and more add up to an abundance of items you'll probably want (need) to get rid of. But how do you do it responsibly?

One of the adages about recycling is that you need to properly wash your items - especially glass, plastic, and tin - or they won't be recyclable at the facility. It turns out that this isn't necessarily so.

Find out how to recycle food-related items like pizza boxes, take out containers, and messy peanut butter jars.

The gifts are now open and you have a pile of empty boxes and wrapping paper, so what do you do with it? Here is some help with that.

It's time for Spring Cleaning!  Chances are - in the midst of those old clothes and broken pieces of furniture, you'll find chemicals, solvents, paints, and the like.  You don't want them anymore and you can't just throw them away;  What do you do with them?

Quick:  What catalog touts the "green" aspects of their company and then sends out 992-page catalogs printed on heavy card-stock that weigh five-and-a-half pounds through the U.S. Mail?  Restoration Hardware - that's who.