Got clutter? As a follow up to a recent greenHILLhome column on recycling of household electronics I received an email from a Hill resident who has organized a “Drive of Drives” this coming Saturday, December 4 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Scott Christian and neighbors on the 1200 block of G Street SE will […]
Dear greenHILLhome, Our blender died and I have no idea what to do with it. I know what to do with computers and printer cartridges, but no idea if small electrics – blenders, toasters, old home phones, etc. — are the same. I’ve about settled on trashing the base and putting the glass bowl in […]
Supersize Me. Last week many of us were left holding our trash and recycling due to the tragedy at the Department of Sanitation facility on W Street NE. Those with trash pick-up once a week had our collections skipped because of in incident at the facility in combination with the Columbus Day holiday. Fortunately cooler […]
People can be very creative with recycling and reusing materials. We know recycling is good for the environment, but it doesn’t have to be the old take-it-to-the-curb-once-a-week routine we generally associate with the action. Some local artists have taken recycling and reusing to the next level, creating objects of art from everyday materials. Dino Almaguer […]
We’ve reduced our trash output through composting and learned how to properly dispose of our oversized trash using city services, but what to do with items we can’t readily recycle and that we know are toxic for the planet? DC limits curbside recycling to certain materials, but that doesn’t mean we have to trash our […]