The church is striving to go green. We wash dishes instead of using paper plates. We have a recycled dumpster for community use, installed energy efficient boilers, replaced light bulbs with CFL’s and caulked the windows.
THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU COULD RECYCLE
- FOAM PACKING PEANUTS: Your local pack- and- ship store will likely accept these for reuse. Or call the Plastic Loose Fill Producers Council to find a drop-off site: 1-800-828-2214. For places to drop off foam blocks for recycling, contact the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers: 1-410-451-8340 or www.epspackaging.org/info.html.
- OIL: Find used motor oil hotlines for each state: www.recycleoil.org.
- INK/TONER CARTRIDGES: www.recycleplace.com.
- PHONES: Collective Good will refurbish your phone and sell it to someone in a developing country. Call to Protect reprograms cell phones to dial 911 and gives them to domestic violence victims: www.donateaphone.com.