5/13/09

College students are notorious for filling up their dorm rooms with found furniture, books and decorative accessories and then dumping it all when the semester is over. Instead of filling up trash heaps, Dump and Run (www.dumpandrun.org) coordinates collections of one college student's trash and helps the university raise money by selling the items to incoming new students. It's a win-win: Trash is diverted, money is raised, and new students save on items they need anyway.

5/12/09

Did you know most trash strewn on the street isn't from litterbugs, but from a gust of wind? Ill-fitting trash-can lids (or overflowing cans of debris) are the real culprit; wind blows trash away or a wild animal rips open a plastic trash bag, causing trash to stray all over. The solution is simple: Buy a trash can with a tight-fitting lid. Don't toss debris into overflowing public trash cans and (you know this) recycle whenever you can.

5/11/09

Do you still buy bagged ice at your local store? Bagged ice is a waste of energy, literally. Bagged ice sits for weeks -- if not months -- in the large freezer compartments, using up countless loads of electricity in order to stay frozen. Instead, invest in ice cube trays and do it yourself. And with so many ice cube trays that come in a variety of shapes, it's more fun, too.