Mattress Recycling

Greg Iacurci explains mattress recycling .

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Single-Use Plastic Bag Distribution

Bill Chappell reports on California's attempts to rein-in the distribution of single use plastic bags . A 2014 legislative effort to ban flimsy single-use bags resulted in the waste plastic tonnage increasing, as stores thereafter distributed heavier bags. New legislative efforts will promote the distribution of multiple-use bags or paper sacks at the point of sale.

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Electronics Recycling

The U.S. Enironmental Protection Agency offers advice on electronics recycling .

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Repurposing Old Electronic Devices

David Nield suggests options for repurposing old electronic gadgets such as smartphones and tablets.

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Recycling Electronics

Shelby Brown encourages readers to recycle rather than trash old electronic devices and chargers.

Where possible, I re-purpose old devices. For example, I use decade old phones as desktop electronic picture frames and as MP3 players.

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Repurposing Android Devices

J. R. Raphael offers eighteen uses for outdated Android devices .

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