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Do Just One Thing for March 19, 2015

Do Just One Thing by by Danny Seo
by Danny Seo
Do Just One Thing | March 19th, 2015

How many times have you broken a wine glass or a vase and thought, I'll just put this in the recycling bin. Glass is glass, right? The reality is, if you break a non-food container type of glass, throw it in the trash. Sturdier glass for bakeware, vases, drinking glasses, mixing bowls, measuring cups and anything else that didn’t come packaged with food needs to be separated from the recycling bin. Those glasses don’t melt at the same temperature as glass used for food packaging, so when it mixes in with food packaging glass, it can contaminate a whole load and make glass recycling nearly impossible.

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Do Just One Thing for March 18, 2015

Do Just One Thing by by Danny Seo
by Danny Seo
Do Just One Thing | March 18th, 2015

Another reason to avoid artificial fragrance: It can confuse bees. Bees are vital to the natural world for the important work they do to pollinate flowers. They are naturally attracted to the sweet-smelling scent from flowers, but are also attracted to artificial scents found in body washes, perfumes, shampoo, air fresheners and scented candles. This confusion can lead to less pollination of flowers. One way to help is to choose fragrance-free options whenever possible, since even trace amounts of artificial scent can be transferred outdoors.

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Do Just One Thing for March 17, 2015

Do Just One Thing by by Danny Seo
by Danny Seo
Do Just One Thing | March 17th, 2015

After opening up gifts, don’t toss gift wrap into the paper recycling bin. Yes, gift wrap is paper, but it’s usually coated with a shiny laminate that makes it nearly impossible to recycle. The same goes for the ribbons, string and tissue paper you might get. If you throw these into a paper recycling bin, they can contaminate a load of recyclable paper, and guess what? The whole bin will get tossed into the landfill. Keep gift wrap (and related accessories) out and consider wrapping gifts with recyclable paper like newsprint and kraft paper in the future.

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