Ruined metal pots and pans, and other rusted, broken, unsafe mostly metal items can be recycled at the Scrap Metal Station at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center (RRDC). Old saw blades, tools, yard items, sign holders, bent hangers, all can be dropped off in the Scrap Metal roll-off. Metal hangers in good condition are…
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…
My four year old son has been requesting strawberry smoothies lately. We make these at home in a Vitamix, but any blender would work, just defrost your frozen fruit a little longer if your blender blades can’t handle fully frozen fruit. If you don’t have a blender, check you local Buy Nothing or Craigslist pages…
This is a follow up post to Pill Pack/Blister Pack/Bubble Pack. I’ll start from the zero waste angle and lead into health. One of the items my family has deemed essential for our health, especially our gut health which can affect many other aspects of health, are probiotics. My husband, myself, our four year old…
– Be thankful always. – Reuse office supplies like sheet protectors and badges for thank yous, signs, and outside the office like tabling, church or neighborhood events. – Think about ways to be creative/artistic in a way that may acknowledge or appreciate someone, a group, etc. If you don’t have these supplies and want to…
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…