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RecylingTossible in Every Household <br />Ace Recycling offered a contest to their customers in 2010 to determine who did the best job of recycling. I took <br />this seriously since I have always recycled. <br />Following is how I recycle items: <br />Paper Products: I take boxes and break them down. This includes cereal boxes, food boxes, Kleenex boxes, <br />toilet and paper towel rolls. Centers of cereal boxes needed to be put in the garbage. <br />Cans: I rinse them out, lids are put inside the can and the paper label removed. Labels that can help other causes <br />such as Campbell's Soup labels were saved for schools, etc. <br />Plastic Containers: I rinse them out, flatten them down and the plastic lids are removed and taken elsewhere <br />for recycling; in my case, to my Church. <br />Plastic bags: are recycled at the local stores where they have recycling bins. This includes bread bags, etc. <br />Glass bottles: are rinsed out and labels removed. <br />Clothing: I cut off the buttons and bring them to the elementary schools for games, crafts, sorting education <br />such as by sizes, colors, numbers of holes, shapes, and for making jewelry. Clothing can be given to quilters, rug <br />weavers, and be used for rags. If the clothing is in good shape, it can be given to Good Will or the Salvation Ar- <br />my. Belts and shoes can also be given to these places. <br />Eye glasses and hearing aids: can be donated to the Lions Club. <br />Printer ink cartridges: can be recycled. <br />Old phones: can be taken to various organizations such as a battered woman's shelter. <br />Books: are taken to local libraries, nursing homes, hospitals and schools. <br />Old biodegradable food: goes out to my woods for wild critters. Some people do compost food items <br />I live for recycling and hope I make a difference. I buy things that can be recycled. As a side benefit, I <br />earned a "winner" sticker for Ace Garbage with $100.00 included. That was a bonus I didn't expect. I urge oth- <br />ers to do likewise. It takes a little time to make a big difference to our environment. <br />Shari Vensland <br />Zimmerman, MN <br />46 <br />