The Haz Mat side of Compact Fluorescents
Now that we've learned how to correctly spell Compact Fluorescent Light bulb, let's discuss what is dangerous about these bulbs. They've got mercury in them. A teaspoon of mercury destroys Superman and all of his comic book friends. Dorothy and Toto get obliterated. The Lion can't save them. Mercury doesn't go in landfills--at least not when the landfill police are watching--and it doesn't go in the recycling bin. It's unsafe for both.
"Where oh where can the mercury go," you and your little friend Toto ask.
Just click your heels three times, Dorothy, and you'll find yourself in one of two places: The local hazardous material disposal station or at lightbulbrecycling.com.
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I once bought a bag of cat food that touted its all-natural, all-organic ingredients. It had raisins and bananas and other items I had never seen in a list of ingredients for cat food. My cats refused to eat it. And I thank them for it.
Sometimes everyone wants to talk about the Yankees, and sometimes everyone wants to talk about gas prices. Personally, I'd rather not talk about either. But gas is on everyone's lips, from Hillary Clinton to Chris Matthews, the price of crude is just crude.
If you bought your CFL from someplace like Ikea's $1 bin, you might be regretting it. In fact, you may hate every moment you have to spend reading or watching tv or scanning Green Daily by the light of that antiseptic light bulb.
In case you are hiding under a rock, the New Christmas Season is here: The Mother's Day/Father's Day/Grandparents' Day/Fourth of July Season. The abbreviated name is MoFaGrap Day. It sounds horrible, I know. To avoid the awfulness of this name, treat each holiday separately and start them right with Zero Waste Gifts.
I want to acknowledge something controversial about myself. I let my cats outside.
Did you know there was a wetland in Cuba? If you did, I must say I'm impressed. If you didn't, blame it on the U.S. embargo against Cuba and read on.
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I was in DC for a business trip last week. Every time I'm there I get a little giddy about the subway. I happen to love people watching and subways. The trouble, however, was that a number of times I needed to make it to a meeting fast. I didn't have time to walk ten blocks to the nearest Metro stop, then wait for a train. If only I'd had a bike to ride to the subway , instead of cabbing it all the way.
I, Ring Madam for the Earth Day Activity Portal, present to you activities around the United States that put you in actual contact with--wait for it-- the EARTH!
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In the United States it seems we vote with our pocketbook, even if that means we vote on borrowed money. While the supermarket checkout doesn't tally how often we vote for organic milk or refills of soap, companies would like to know whether their green logos are resonating with consumers.
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