GLT’s Good To Go program can help set you on a more environmentally and economically sustainable path! Good to Go is an ongoing community wide project of GLT—a NPR-member radio station and a service of Illinois State University (ISU)—and ISU’s Office of Sustainability. The project is designed to encourage healthy […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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When it rains, any water that falls on roads, parking lots, and other impervious surfaces travels rapidly into storm sewers. This water often picks up and transports surface pollutants into our waterways. The best way to reduce this pollution is to slow down the stormwater so it can be absorbed […]
Goodwill and Dell have teamed up to provide locations to recycle all your old computer equipment, printers, monitors, etc. for free. Just take them to your local Goodwill store. Learn more on the Dell Reconnect website. What you need to know: This program is FREE. Any brand computer is eligible […]
Save your wine and champagne corks—extend their life! Yemm & Hart, a recycled building materials supply company, is collecting wine cork stoppers with the goal of converting them into a useful self-sustaining product. Their goal is to extend the useful life of this natural resource for decades and to raise […]
Give new life to those old, beat up sneakers! Nike’s Reuse-a-Shoe program turns worn-out athletic shoes of any brand into Nike Grind, a material used in sport tracks, courts and playgrounds. Please note: Only athletic shoes such as running shoes, sneakers, etc. Sneakers cannot contain any metal (grommets, eyelets, zippers, […]
To recycle the rigid foam packaging — made from expanded polystyrene (EPS) — that protects computer and electronic equipments, break them up tightly in a box to mail at one of the foam packaging recyclers in the U.S. Details and locations on this page of the Alliance of Foam Packaging […]
The Crayon Recycling Program takes old, rejected, broken crayons and recycles them into fresh, new crayons, which are then available for purchase. Leave the wrappers on the crayons for easier sorting. When you are ready to ship your used crayons, these tips can help to keep your costs down. One […]
TerraCycle Learn how Cheryl Bertou and her son were able to partner with TerraCycle, an innovative company focused on reducing waste through the recycling of previously non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste, to raise funds for a school building project in South Sudan. They have been collecting items that are typically thrown […]