So tennis season is in full swing, the courts are crowded and littered. . .literally with dead balls and metal tops from ball cans.
Tennis balls are vacuum sealed and although the can is mostly plastic, the top is a metal pull top. As a player, I’ve always enjoyed cracking open a fresh can. Crack. Woosh. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘recycling’
Cambridge: Electronics Recycling Event
Posted in Local (Somerville, MA), Reduce | Reuse | Recycle, tagged Cambridge, electronics, recycling on 2009, February 9 | Leave a Comment »
Electronics Recycling Event for Cambridge Residents
Saturday, February 28
9am-2pm
450 Concord Avenue (National Guard Armory)
Residents only, no businesses. This one-time event will be paid for, courtesy of Samsung Corporation.
YES
Computer Monitors (flat panels OK)
Television Sets (all sizes)
Personal Computers
Printers / Scanners / Fax machines
Calculators
Cell phones
Electronic Scales
Keyboards & Mice
Microwaves
Radios
Stereos
Telephones
Toasters
Vacuums
NO
No White Goods (ex. Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers, Refrigerators)
No Batteries
No Car Parts
No Chemicals
No [...]
Green cities: Cambridge and Boston
Posted in Local (Somerville, MA), tagged alternative energy, Boston, Cambridge, composting, food waste, green city rankings, recycling on 2008, April 20 | Leave a Comment »
Back in March, Popular Science released their (not so scientific) list of America’s 50 Greenest Cities. Cambridge was ranked sixth after Portland, San Francisco, Boston, Oakland, and Eugene based on a four category point system on electricity, transportation, green living, and recycling/green perspective. (Boston was ranked seventh by SustainLane’s 2006 Top 10 Greenest Cities of [...]
Weekend Project: Self-watering Planter
Posted in *Home & Garden, DIY, tagged DIY, indoor gardening, recycling, seeding, self-watering planter on 2008, April 1 | Leave a Comment »
A couple weekends ago (March 22-23, Easter weekend), I decided to plant seeds to grow some herbs indoors.
Clockwise from top right: basil, mint, parsley, chives. Actually I meant to grow some cilantro as well, but I forgot. Oops. Maybe I will plant some later. I picked up the seeds and soil from the local hardware [...]
Weekend Project: T-shirt tote
Posted in DIY, tagged DIY, recycling, reusable bag, t-shirt tote on 2008, March 31 | 4 Comments »
Here are the totes that we use when grocery (and other) shopping:
From left to right:
Nylon reusable shopping bag (EZ Bag) with case– Super compact to carry, durable, and can fit a large load; Convenient because it can be easily carried around (the case has a clip so you can attach it to your keychain) and [...]
