If junk in your home is creating clutter and making it difficult to stay organized, you may have decided to finally perform a considerable spring cleaning. Now that you’ve set aside the things that you want to keep from that which you need to get rid of, what do you do with all of this [...]

Initiated in 2001, the Energy Conservation & Management Division of the San Diego Environmental Services Department is committed to promoting sustainable energy use. Projects run by the division save San Diego residents a considerable amount of money on utility costs. At the same time, these energy conservation projects ensure that the city is working towards [...]

Ocean Beach Cleanup Event August 27, 2011
Ocean Beach along with the City of San Diego Environmental Services Department are offering a Free Community Cleanup and Recycling Event. They are bringing several 40-cubic yard containers to collect: appliances, electronics (“e-waste”), lawnmowers, metals, wood & yard trimmings, carpeting, junk furniture, mattresses, palm fronds, and more. No light [...]

County of San Diego launches free Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling Program for Small Business
I’m always excited when I hear about programs that allow small business to recycle hazardous waste or hard to dispose of universal waste such as batteries and light bulbs.  That’s why I’m happy to share the good news.
Due to the American Recovery [...]

Jeff Gelder, of GelderHead Productions (http://www.gelderhead.com), has produced the remarkable Holiday Magic, a Gift for Children of All Ages CD for hospitalized children since 2003. The CD offers an original Holiday tale, as well as songs and stories submitted from participants’ worldwide. These participants range from the talented unknown artist to those of the Broadway [...]

What do you do when batteries die and light bulbs burn out?
And after that, what do you do with your brand-new electronic waste?
In California, discarded batteries and electric lamps (light bulbs and tubes) are regulated as universal wastes, which must be recycled—or be managed as hazardous waste, and legally disposed of as such. Just one [...]

By now, most of us are used to shredding our old documents, bills, receipts, and credit cards, but what about the risk of identity theft from those old PC’s, laptops, or other unwanted or obsolete electronics (“e-waste”)?
You can erase your hard drive and data devices, but even that won’t protect your identity and information from [...]

Cybercrime may be on the rise, but some thieves still roll old-school. Most identity theft is still accomplished by digging through someone’s trash in search of a paper trail leading to personal information.
Anything containing your name, address, phone number, birth date, Social Security or financial-record numbers that you dispose of intact makes you more vulnerable [...]

Which would you rather save: your pride, space, money, or planet?
You can save all that and more just by recycling your e-waste.
Consumer electronics constitute one of the fastest-growing waste streams around the world. In 2007, more than 40 million computers became obsolete, and discarded TVs, computers, peripherals (including printers, scanners, faxes), mice, keyboards and cell [...]

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
We humans can always find good reasons for putting off things we’d rather not do.
Well, here at Recycle San Diego, we decided to research the very human tendency to procrastinate. We learned a lot.
Ironically, many common electronic devices that we depend on and use every single day also enable procrastination.
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