In honor of National Glaucoma Awareness Month (January) and eye health I want to talk a little bit about eyewear. I’m going to share about eyeglasses and eyedrops here. You can learn about contact lens recycling in my post I’ve Got My Eyes On You. First, about glaucoma: Glaucoma is called “the sneak thief of…
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Please recycle batteries or properly dispose of them at a take-back site. If you are in Austin, check out https://www.austintexas.gov/batteries for a location near you or visit your local library. You can also drop them off at the household hazardous waste station at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center. Please call first to make sure…
Update from Austin Resource Recovery staff December 2021: The white and blue Amazon bubble mailer is not accepted at the Austin Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center. It has too much glue attaching the inside clear bubble wrap to the white and blue outside. ARR directed these to the HEB plastic bag stations for recycling. Don’t…
Bread bags that are plastic can be recycled at a plastic bag drop off station like at your grocery store, Target or Walmart. Plastic bags and film that you can poke a finger through can be recycled at this stations. That is clear and opaque soft plastic bags and film. Remove any food, liquid, sticky…
Holiday reminder: Paper plates are compostable. Starbucks and beverage cups are mostly trash, though you can recycle the paper sleeve and plastic lid on hot beverages. Most paper plates are going to be paper only and not coated in plastic. If it’s too shiny or thick then you might want to pass on the paper…
I want to share a shout-out to my neighbors for their efforts and offer some ideas for ways you can help be a little more green/zero waste. I’m sharing the results of several collections my neighborhood all did over the last couple of weeks: They provided three big boxes of paper grocery bags for reuse…
Empty lotion tubes and bottles (without the pump) can be recycled. Make sure they are empty so you don’t contaminate the recycling stream. If you can’t get all the lotion out and/or are worried cutting the tube open may cause the pieces to jam the sorting machines, then put the tube in the trash. Check…
You can recycle clean aluminum foil. Check with your local provider for specifics but in Austin, Texas clean aluminum foil can be balled up 2 inches or larger and go in the curbside recycling carts. You can also recycle aluminum baking pans. Word of caution: Sometimes people think they’re hosting a zero waste event by…
I talk about the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center a lot (RRDC if you see the abbreviation). It’s where you can drop off recyclables and HHW in Austin if you live in an apartment that doesn’t take much, and for those items that can be recycled in Austin, but not in the blue curbside collection…