Tuesday, January 6, 2009

HAPPY 2009!


Happy New Year from Green The World. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and is ready for a new prosperous New Year. A resolution everyone can make, and keep, is to "go green", do one new green thing each day. Do not buy that bottled water, bring your own bags when you grocery shop, buy organic, shop local, unplug all unused lamps, appliances, that are not in use everyday, and allways remember to reduse, reuse, recycle, and rethink. Let's make 2009 a year to go green.

For those of you who received new phones, IPods, computers, cameras, appliances and T.V.'s please be responsible and recycle your old. On this month's newsletter I have stated several locations that will accept all of the above at little or no cost. If you are unsure where to take your items go to http://www.local.com/ and enter your zip code to find a location nearest you.

I have listed below several commonly used items and how long it takes for them to biodegrade, let this be a reminder to us all to please recycle and dispose of waste properly.

· Cotton rags 1-5 months
· Paper 2-5 months
· Rope 3-14 months
· Orange peels 6 months
· Wool socks 1 to 5 years
· Cigarette butts 1 to 12 years
· Plastic coated paper milk cartons 5 years
· Leather shoes 25 to 40 years
· Nylon fabric 30 to 40 years
· Tin cans 50 to 100 years
· Aluminum cans 80 to 100 years
· Plastic 6-pack holder rings 450 years
· Glass bottles 1 million years · Plastic bottles Forever

Thank you for your interest and lets all help to Green The World.

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