Tuesday, October 7, 2008

The Green Stuff

Did you know??

  • Installing CFLs can save you up to $12 per year in electricity costs per bulb.
  • Installing a toilet tank bank can save you up to $29 per year on your water bill.
  • Cutting showers from 8 minutes to 5 minutes, can save you up to $65 per year on your water bill and $236 per year on your electricity bill.

Plastic Roundup time again!

Saturday Oct 11, 2008 9 am - 2 pm
Hosted by Intel
Ronler Acres 2501 NW 229th Ave., Hillsboro

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Plastics! Go to www.masterrecycler.org/plastic-recycling/sort-of-plastics.php to see a list of materials that will be accepted at this Plastic Roundup. Bring those hard to recycle plastics, Master Recyclers will collect it, and Agri-Plas Inc., a recycler located in Brooks, Oregon, will recycle the plastic into new products. Master Recyclers sponsored eight similar plastic roundup events and reused and recycled over 90 tons of plastic with the help of almost 8,800 community residents who participated.

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