This website is super informative about what can and can't be recycled. After reviewing the website, I found that I was unaware that I could recycle the following items in the blue bins:

1) Plastic grocery bags (I was bringing them to Wegmans)

2) Egg cartons (No, not the Styrofoam ones that indicate that they come from caged chickens)

3) Toilet paper and Paper towel rolls

4) Motor oil and antifreeze containers (I thought they were not accepted because of their toxic contents)

Other interesting thing I found is that Goodwill actually recycles computers and their components. check this out

BUFFALO, NY, March 9, 2007-- Residents now have the opportunity to have all computer and electronic products recycled at no charge. Goodwill Industries of WNY will provide free recycling of all computers and electronics dropped off at any of 10 convenient locations throughout Erie County. Some of the recycling will provide work opportunities for individuals who will be dismantling these products in Goodwill workshops. The rest of the equipment will be completely recycled by Electronic Recycling Technologies LLC, the largest computer recycler in Western New York.

Goodwill's vision is a community where individuals with barriers to independence are empowered to change their lives through work. So in addition to keeping this material out of local landfills and incinerators, you will be providing an employment opportunity for individuals with disabilities and disadvantages. Goodwill also accepts donations of useable clothing and household items at these locations, as well as direct financial contributions.

This program is for residents only. Businesses, schools and institutions may call Electronic Recycling Technologies at (716) 447-0720 to arrange recycling in compliance with all New York State DEC regulations.

Acceptable equipment for recycling includes:

* Computers
* Laptops
* Monitors, flat panel Monitors
* TVs
* Keyboards, Mice
* Printers, scanners, copiers, faxes
* Audio, video, stereo equipment
* Electronic games,
* PDAs, IPods, Cell phones, digital cameras
* Cables, cords, peripherals, parts, drives

Please no microwaves, no fluorescent tubes or ballasts.
DATA SECURITY: all hard drives received will be overwritten and erased or ground and smelted. No data or software will be left on any hard drive.

Drop-off locations and hours include

Goodwill Stores - open Monday-Saturday 10 am - 5 pm

Airport Plaza, Genesee St & Union Rd, Cheektowaga, NY 14225
2655 Delaware Avenue @ Sanders Road, Buffalo, NY 14216
1119 William Street, Buffalo, NY 14206
Town Hall Plaza, 6000 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg, NY 14o75
Transit Town Plaza, 4311 Transit Rd, Williamsville, NY 14221

Goodwill Attended Trailers - open Monday-Saturday 10 am - 5 pm

Airport Plaza, Genesee St & Union Rd, Cheektowaga, NY 14225
TOPS, Niagara Falls Blvd. & E. Robinson Rd, Amherst, NY 14228
TOPS, Maple Rd @ North Bailey, Amherst, NY 14226
TOPS, 4250 McKinley Parkway @ Southwestern, Hamburg, NY 14075
TOPS, Maple Rd @ Transit Rd, Amherst, NY 14221

For additional information call:

Goodwill Industries of WNY; 854-3494
Electronic Recycling Technologies LLC; (716) 447-0720

One thing that really gets to me when I'm walking down the street is people who put things in the bins that don't belong because they never bothered to inform themselves of what does. Just because you think it should be recycled doesn't mean that it will be. By not following recycling rules you jeopardize the recycling program by interfering its cost effectiveness. So if your intentions are good (which if you are recycling, I'm sure they are) make sure you know the guidelines.

buffalorecycles.com is definitely a must browse for every environmentally conscious Erie County resident. The website, although missing some links, is very informative.

Good luck in Qatar. You will be missed. Make sure you get me your address and keep us updated. Can't wait to see pictures! You are truly a global citizen. Enjoy the peace proposal I gave you.

Libertad

For I have sinned.

Sorry I really don't try to offend, but the Pope gives me chills. I am obsessed at looking at his likeness to devil creatures. Like maybe he could be Rosemary's baby or something. Sometimes I imagine him violating me with those disgustingly freakish fingers that appear as they could be webbed. It is a highly disturbing thought.








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Of course this is all inspired by (e:jame)'s post

I just can't help but wonder, would God really make someone who looks frighteningly demonic the head of his flock? Maybe. God could have a better sense of humor than I do.

Now that I got your attention please check out my last post. It didn't make the most recent journal list because I was working on it for several days a little at a time.

Wow! So much resistance against vinegar! That's OK because I too was a vinegar hater. I can prove it

Trust me, vinegar is an acquired smell. Regardless if you don't like the smell or not, the smell doesn't linger at all. People actually put out dishes of vinegar to absorb odors. It works. I have never heard, "yuck, your house smells like vinegar" or "please stop using vinegar in my house I hate the smell." That is because it doesn't stay around more than a half hour. So unless your allergic to the stuff, buy a gallon of it. It cleans, removes stains and odors, softens fabrics (2 or even 4 tablespoons in the rinse cycle will not make your clothes smell of vinegar), removes deposits and is healthy rather than toxic to ingest.

If you have real tile floors, vinegar is by far the best cleaner. Vinegar, as great as it is, should never be used to clean marble.

(e:joshua), try the Method all purpose cleaner found at Wegmans and Target. $2.99, but worth the price.

(e:metalpeter), if you don't clean, than I would be more worried that your house just smells because it is dirty rather than because you used vinegar to clean it...JK!!! ;)

(e:jenks), I would rather work for Method than a vinegar company, that is where the money is!

UPDATE 6/11/07

I forgot to mention that vinegar should be diluted when washing floors. Just put as much or as little as you like in a bucket of hot water. Besides using hands and knees, do your research on finding a nice mop. Don't buy things that will go in landfills in a year or two if you can help it.