Go Green tips for April 30th

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 Thursday, April 30th:

• Ever wonder whether that plastic jug can be recycled? Addison county recycles dot org has the list of what can and can’t go into your bin.
• If you use biodegradable soap, save your dishwater or bathwater to water your plants and garden. You can recycle most everything else, why not your water?
• Someone asked me the other day how short their shower should be? Well, I don’t want you walking around with soap still in your hair, so do stay in for as long as it take to get everything done, but I would think no longer than ten minutes. I can do the job in about 5 or so unless leg shaving comes into play. Is that too much information?

Green up day is tomorrow and its forty years old. Funny, it doesn’t look a day over 39! The very first Green Up day in Vermont happened April 18th in 1970. Governor Deane Davis even got into the green of it that day, he was front and center for many a trash pick up. In the spirit of this important anniversary, everyone is invited northward to gather on the state house lawn tomorrow, May 1st between 3:30 and 5pm. Listen to great music from Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys and Bill Shontz. It wouldn’t be a party without some awesome bands and tempting vittles! There will be food vendors, including one of my favorite vehicles, the Ben and Jerry's Scoop Truck. This event happens rain or shine, and it’s free to the public. Bring some friends and spread the word! The green word, that is! It’s the Go Green Ride at Five on 92.1 WVTK!
More Green up day news: Otter Creek Brewing will host Addison County’s 2nd Annual Mow Down Pollution Lawn Mower Exchange & Sale on Green Up Day tomorrow, May 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in their front parking lot off Exchange St. in Middlebury. The Town of Middlebury Energy Committee encourages community members to bring in their gas-powered, air-polluting mowers and receive a discount of over $100 off the retail price on Neuton electric mowers. Both the 14-inch and 19-inch mowers will be available at the discounted price. Do them a favor, though, make sure to drain gas and oil from your old mowers before dropping them off at the brewery where they will be picked up and processed free of charge by Addison County Solid Waste Management District . And by the way,
trading in a gas mower is not required to receive the discount on an electric mower! They’ll give it to you, mower or not! Otter Creek Brewing and the Town of Middlebury Energy Committee also invite participants to pick up and drop off their Green Up bags at the brewery lot where they can enjoy a complimentary barbeque midday and pledge for the upcoming Way To Go Commuter Challenge (May 17-21).