Go Green tips for March 24th

Gotta tip you want to share with Sarah and the Go Green Ride at Five? Email her: sarah@921wvtk.com!

Here Sarah's groovy green tips for Wednesday, March 24nd:

• They are more expensive, but didja know It takes 1,000 regular batteries to equal the lifespan of one rechargeable battery.
• Got an old cell phone, why not donate it? There’s an charitable organization that takes old cell phones: Womansafe in Middlebury, the number: 388-9180.
• Cleaning out your closet? Plastic hangers are not recyclable, why not donate them to a local shelter or offer them to a friend? Someone can always use hangers, especially if they have a teenager with growing closet.


Don’t throw it out! Recycle your empty ink and toner cartridges. Almost eight cartridges are thrown out in the United States every second of every day. That's almost 700,000 cartridges per day. What do you do with them, you ask. Well, many office supply stores offer recycling incentives, check out some websites: Staples, Office Maxx, Office Depot all recycle cartridges and even outdated office technology. Take a look. By the way, want to know what’s recyclable? Go to the Addison County Solid Waste Management’s new web address: addisoncountyrecycles.org for practical information to help you properly recycle and dispose of household and business waste. Be a lean, mean, recycling machine with 921 WVTK!