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Going Green
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#From Marilyn Gilbert: I've been trying to find a place to recycle textiles...e.g. items made of cloth that are no longer wearable/usable.
On investigation, I had been told that if I donate to a regular collector of used clothing, etc, that collector will not necessarily weed out the good from the bad and recycle both.
This info, below, from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Shelter Rock Road just south of Northern Blvd., at 48 Shelter Rock Road, provides a convenient local solution:
HEALTHY PRODUCTS
- Environmental Working Group's 2023 Guide to Sunscreens
- Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep: Guide to Personal Care Products
- Evironmental Working Group's Guide to Healthy Cleaning
- Find sustainable seafood at the Sustainable Seafood Guide
- Environmental sites created by our generation...greenseniors and grayisgreen
- Learn about Eco-friendly travel options: Better World Club, the International Ecotourism Society, Sustainable Travel International, and Green Hotels Association.
- Good Food on a Tight Budget from the EWG (Environmental Working Group)
- Eat Well Guide to find local, sustainable, and organic food in the US and Canada
- Grassroots: a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about the links between common environmental toxins and human health
- Look for candles that are NOT made from paraffin, a petroleum-based product that can produce harmful fumes. One alternative is candles made from palm wax, which provides a clean burning experience. Try Good Light Natural Candles.
- Info about hybrid cars here
- Good resource: the Organic Consumers Association
- Certified organic produce grown on the east end of Long Island: Support your local farmers and the local economy via CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture).
- Moving? Use eco-friendly boxes: rent reusable plastic boxes from Rentacrate, or recycle your boxes at Uhaul.com.
- Green-friendly clothes, furniture, jewelry, and accessories: LoomState, VivaTerra, CiscoBrothers, YoloColorhouse, and Annasova
- Guilt-free trash: Eco Golf Balls and garbage bags at BioBags
ENERGY SAVERS
- Recycling tips on Long Island
- Recycle your shredded paper by bringing it to the North Shore Animal League, 25 Davis Avenue, Port Washington. They use it in litter boxes!
- Town of North Hempstead will accept more types of discarded plastics, not only items labeled 1 and 2. The town will now take plastics numbered 4, 5, and 6. The expansion affects residents where the town has contracted with garbage haulers.
- North Hempstead's S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) program now offers paper shredding and donation services for clothing and household good, in addition to safe disposal of hazardous materials, e-waste and pharmaceuticals.
- Find good environmental resources at Earth 911.
- Find lots of good energy-saving tips at PSEG's site.
- Click here for information on Sustainable Materials Management
- Your Guide to Green gives info about the recycling numbers on containers, how to make your water as safe as possible, and much more.
- Save money and be earth-friendly: lots of good ideas and information at Global Warming Facts, National Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace.
- Find info on gas mileage (MPG), greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution ratings, and safety information for new and used cars and trucks at fueleconomy.gov and Find-A-Car Help.