Recycle Your Day, America + Green Mom’s Carnival!

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Ever wonder where the title Recycle Your Day came from? To make a long story short, in my opinion, recycling is one of the easiest forms to contribute in helping to save the planet and within our day we do what’s necessary to improve the planet from recycling to wearing your jeans over and over again. It all happens within our day and starts all over again the next. So, there you have it; the root of my reasoning in a nut shell.

Tomorrow is America Recycles Day. Do you have any plans to celebrate? Last year our local bowling alley had a recycling drive but this year it seems to be quiet. Nothing has been coordinated and of course by the time I checked in it was too late to plan anything. I don’t think I’m going to let this happen again next year. November 15th is actually a pretty significant day for me- not only is it America Recycle’s Day, but  it’s also my parent’s 34th anniversary and my sister’s 33rd birthday too!

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{tidbits of green}

Hello there! Me again. Changes are in progress here at RYD and I’m really excited. Soon you will be too!

Going green is on the brain 24/7!  Since it’s always on the brain and I always have ideas swirling around…

I’m going to start sharing tibits of juicy information with you all in one post. This helps alleviate some of my anxiety on trying to bring you rockin’ green news on the daily! So, I’ve started a new series here at RYD called {tibits of green}! Lots of tidbits here and there and everywhere to bring you weekly.

I haven’t decided if I want to do this on Thursday’s on Wednesday’s with Wordless Wednesday. I will also be starting a Mr. Linky here as well for WW and Meatless Monday’s. This way other’s can participate too.  I may even start a forum…but one thing at time my pretties!

Without further ado…

{tidbits of green}

:::racking brain:::

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AMERICA RECYCLES DAY! It all comes back to YOU.

Today, is America Recycles Day! Which means, we need to do our part to make sure America and beyond stays clean. I’ve written about recycling before but today it’s imperative that we do what we can to recycle. Spread the word in any way that you can. Tell those family members that it’s not just about recycling plastic water bottles and soda pop cans…it goes beyond that! It’s way more than that. Often times, I’ll go to my parents house and see an empty tissue box or an empty shampoo bottle in the trash.

These items can be recycled. They should be recycled. Keeping these items from entering the landfills will help them from filling up. When you recycle you allow that product  to have a new life- their are so many items that are made from recyclables that if we continue to recycle them it will be the norm to find them on shelves in stores. Remember to cut back on those individually packaged items and try to purchase items that are more sustainable that don’t require going to the landfill. For instance, buy applesauce in a glass jar rather than a plastic one; do so-and do it TODAY!!!

Start now. It’s for our children and their children’s future! Avoid plastic wrapped items, often times these plastics don’t have a number on them and their useless in the recycling process.  Avoid them at all costs. Plastic takes years and years to decompose. Which is why paper or bringing your own bag is a better option at the grocery store. More importantly, if you choose plastic or paper for that matter, recycle it!!! Start looking for the recycle symbol – you’ll be amazed at how much waste we create and how much of it CAN be recycled.

Go to the National Recycling Coalition website and take the pledge to start recycling and become more aware today! Make recycling the hip thing to do in your town. Start a recycling program at your local schools and get the word out about why it’s important to recycle.

It’s common sense to recycle and it’s easy. If you ask me I think it should be mandatory to recycle. If more people recycled we wouldn’t have such a problem with waste! It starts and end with us. The simple three famous words REDUCE, RE-USE AND RECYCLE shouldn’t just be an image in your mind- it should reflect who you are and what you’re doing to give back to nature!! Be sure to check out the Events calendar for your state and find out what’s going on in your city! The motto for America Recycles Day is IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOU! Remember folks, it’s up to us to make informed decisions about how we can recycle and what we can recycle. DO YOUR PART even if it’s just a small one…everything counts. Take the PLEDGE today!

Check out the Conversionator and find out facts and what your impact on the planet is!

Here is some information obtained from the National Recycling Coalition…

Recycling—An Important Part of the Solution
Recycling is one of the easiest ways you can help slow climate change and global warming. By recycling at home, you help significantly lower carbon emissions associated with extracting virgin materials, manufacturing products and waste disposal. Last year the amount of energy saved from recycling aluminum and steel cans, plastic PET and glass containers, newsprint and corrugated packaging was equivalent to: