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Houston, You Have a Problem.

While we know of places that don't recycle at all, Houston is the worst among cities that do. Only 2.6% of the city's trash is recycled. The rest goes straight to landfill.Landfill space is cheap, b...

A Green Plea to Home Depot

As a rule, we try to be helpful, in life in general and in our posts here at Re-nest. So, it is with that in mind that we implore thee, Home Depot:...

Good News: Recycle Your CFLs at Home Depot

Although we'd hate to believe it -- we know there are plenty of households out there that haven't yet switched over to CFLs. Now's the time! They're getting cheaper. Their mercury levels are com...

Zip Installation

Sometimes we feel like the only people on the planet who don't have a flat screen TV. The folks just bought one over Father's Day weekend, and we're apparently living in the dark ages. But there ar...

Walk-in and Drop Off Recycling at Best Buy

We've reported before about where to recycle your E-waste a few times, including mention of Best Buy's recycling drop-off kiosks. But now the consumer electronics giant is allowing customers to bring ...

Habitat for Humanity of Kent County

This is cool: Remember last month when, through the 1% for the Planet program, we sent a check to Habitat for Humanity of Kent County? Well, they just sent Maxwell an e-mail update ......

Recycle Wine Corks with ReCork America

Restaurants and wineries in Oregon and California are now collecting wine corks for reuse. If you want to join in, you're probably out of luck. As of now, there are only three public collection poin...

Take Back the Filter Campaign

As we've mentioned before, we're total Brita loyalists. Most of the water we drink first runs through our Brita filtered pitcher and then, when the filter expires, we toss it out with the garbage. ...

Blogging Common Ground: Garbage In, Art Out

We're always trying to come up with ways to make recycling easier -- whether it's through finding the perfect receptacle, or the right facility -- but we aren't often thinking of ways to make it mor...

Blogging the New York Times: A Man's 6-Pack Can Serve as His Castle

This story is one part mad obsession and one part recycling phenomenon. When we're finished with a six-pack of beer, we throw the bottles into the recycling. Sometimes we even make business cards o...

Good Questions: Where Can I Recycle Electronic Equipment?

I have some old electronic equipment (Stereo, speakers, TV) that I don't use anymore. Do you know of good (green) places to recycle stuff like this in the Bay Area? Thanks! Lisa...

Look!: Kitchen Counter Compost Chute

Not to brag, but San Francisco and Alameda counties have pretty awesome recycling programs. We get a big barrel for recycling (no sorting required!), a small barrel for trash (that we often don't fi...

Green Ideas: Three Color Coded Recycle Bags

Do you have a recycling system that works really well? Right now we use trash bins, but we like the idea behind these color coded bags. The illustrations can also help kids be a part of recycling....

Green Ideas:Recycle Catalogs

Even though we signed up to cancel our catalogs, it seems like we're still getting a bunch. Sometimes we use the pages of Anthropologie for collages, and Amy has a similar idea. She used the pages ...

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