Reduce - Reuse - Recycle - Rethink    –  cutting out disposable items and unnecessary consumption, finding new uses for old items, salvaging "junk", being creative and exploring alternative ways for structuring your daily habits and lifestyle.     . . .   Read The Story of STUFF    and The Story of Bottled Water         City & County Recycling Services Montgomery County, Maryland       Recycling       Hazardous Waste Gaithersburg, Maryland      Recycling, Bulk, Hazardous, Holiday Trees & Leaf Collection   Sustainable Alternatives To Septic Systems and Sewers Grey Water, Nutri Recycling & Composting Systems Waste Management Services           Give New Life to Someone's Stuff      Headed  for the Trash     Consignment Shops featuring vintage treasures Not Too Shabby Consignments  -  1515 Mount Vernon Avenue  ♦  Alexandria, VA  22301  ♦  Phone: (703) 519-3555  ♦  Email  nottooshabbyconsignments@verizon.net The Colesville Store - 5930 Covesville Store Road  ♦  Covesville, VA  22931  ♦  Phone: (434) 295-9596  FACEBOOK @Covesville Store    Recycling Common Household & Office Items Appliances Goodwill Accepts working appliances   Steel Recycling   Athletic Shoes One World Running Sends still-wearable shoes to athletes in need in Africa, Latin America, and Haiti.   Nike's Reuse-a-shoe program Turns old shoes into playground and athletic flooring. Batteries www.batteryrecyling.com Only regular alkaline batteries can be placed in your trashcan. Cell Phones Best Buy Most stores have a drop-off kiosk.   Secure The Call  - Takoma Park In partnership with AARP, we are currently seeking to collect 300,000 cell phones by May 15, 2011. These phones will be donated to the AARP Driver Safety Refresher program for senior citizens. These phone donations will increase the safety of senior citizens on and off the road with the confidence to reach 911 whenever necessary. Clothes Goodwill Thrift Stores Also takes working appliances   Clothes, cont'd  Martha'sTable Donate clothes and household items Tuesday - Saturday.   Dress for Success Gives clothes to low-income women as they searc for jobs   Pet Shelters  Can use unwearable clothing as bedding for animals Composting Do's & Dont's   Computers Dell Convenient drop off at any Staples store   list of other responible recylers          Foam packing peanuts and blocks Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers Peanuts: Local pack-and-ship stores would most likely take them for reuse. Furniture, Appliances, Cabinets, Tools, Sinks, Stoves & more Community Forklift    Located in Hyattsville, MD    ReSTORE  Located in Gaithersburg, MD          Household Hazardous Waste  Montgomery County  1-Day collection events and regular drop-off 7 days a week.  Proof of County residency.  Including:  chemicals, fluorescent lighting, batteries, mercury items.  No latex paint.  Ink & toner cartridges Recycle Rewards Funding Factory Global Re-Source Funding Recycle Place These resources pay for used cartridges  If you order through Dell, they send you a postage-paid envelope for returning your old cartridges. Light Bulbs (CFLs)   Sylvania RecyclePak    Order a pack for sending your CFLs to be recycled    IKEA Your local IKEA will recylce them  Oil www.recycleoil.org  Each state has a used motor oil hotline   Paint (Latex)     3 options:  use it up, pass it on to a friend,or let it dry up  Paper  PaperRecycles.org  Visit for workplace, community, and school recycling resources and materials.    In 2008 more than 57 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling.  Wet and tear into pieces to use in your compost - good source of carbon (don't use glossy colored paper)    Removal  Junk in the Trunk   Ecovery Box, a separate compartment on the trucks, allows organized recycling or donation of your items and keeps them out of landfills.  Receipts are sent after items are donated.

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