Perhaps you’ve heard of the slow food movement, where fast food is rejected and regional cuisines and methods are celebrated and preserved. But have you heard of the slow fashion movement? Instead of cheap chic or disposable fashion, slow fashion celebrates sustainable materials, well-made pieces and garments that are intended to be worn for years, not months or days. E-tailers like zady.com curate from designers and manufacturers that create stylish pieces that use eco-friendly materials, have fair labor practices and -- this is key -- make really great-looking pieces.

The nonprofit Call2Recycle has been collecting old rechargeable batteries -- the types found in cordless products, cellphones and kids’ toys -- for more than 20 years, with over 100 million pounds of rechargeable batteries collected and recycled. But did you know you can also toss in your dead electric toothbrush? Personal care products that have an integrated rechargeable battery can also be recycled in the boxes. You don’t need to remove the battery -- just toss the whole electric toothbrush into the box, and it will get recycled. The metals, plastics and other parts will be sorted and made into new products. Find a collection box near you at call2recycle.org.

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.