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Non-Profit Shopping Mall - Give Back by Buying

Non-Profit Shopping Mall - Give Back by Buying

Upgrade We know not everything you buy is going to be Green but here’s a great site that allows you to give back with every purchase, without spending anymore than you normally would have. The site is NonProfitShoppingMall.com (NPSM). NPSM has partnered with large online retailers like Dell, Staples, Amazon, GAIAM, Macy’s… who have agreed to [...]

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Green Consumer Unite, or Huddle Together on Huddler

Green Consumer Unite, or Huddle Together on Huddler

Upgrade: Free    Part product comparison site, part social network Huddler’s Green Home is a place for eco-minded consumer to gather, learn about & share information about Green products & services, and interact.  If you’ve been putting off really jumping into “Going Green” this would be a great place to start.  With Earth Day coming up they [...]

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Green Ghost Busters Hunt Down Ghost Energy Leaks

Green Ghost Busters Hunt Down Ghost Energy Leaks

Upgrade Lurking in your walls, in your attic and basement, all around you are power leaks that are costing you money and impacting the environment.  Don’t know what to do?  No worries, call the Green Ghost Busters, Sustainable Spaces, Inc. of San Francisco, CA.  Armed with an arsenal of hi-tech gadgets, Sustainable Spaces, with [...]

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Find e-Waste Electronics Recycling Center’s Near You

Find e-Waste Electronics Recycling Center’s Near You

Upgrade: FREE MyGreenElectronics.org is a great site from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) that has a wealth of information to help consumers Reduce, Reuse & Recycle their electronics.  The site includes a database of recycling centers and services that you can use to recycle your old electronics.  You can search the database by zip code [...]

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UPGRADE & Recycle Your Old Electronics

UPGRADE & Recycle Your Old Electronics

Upgrade Two new customer buy back programs aim to reduce the amount of e-waste pouring into landfills every day.  Both ecoNEW and TechForward pay consumers for their old electronics equipment hoping to encourage new purchases and to keep these products, many of which contain harmful chemicals, out of our landfills.  The reclaimed electronics will [...]

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UPDATE: Recycling Electronics via the Mail…For Free!

UPDATE: Recycling Electronics via the Mail…For Free!

Upgrade: FREE We have a few more details on yesterdays post about the e-waste recycling mail back program…  The USPS will run the pilot program for 90 days in which time they will determine if the consumers response to this program warrants a nation wide roll out. 

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Recycling Electronics via the Mail…For Free!

Recycling Electronics via the Mail…For Free!

Upgrade: FREE *** UPDATE POSTED HERE *** Recycling our bottles, cans and paper is as easy as walking down to the curb once a week, but what about those other things our town doesn’t give us a bin for? The United States Postal Service has answered this question with this weeks launch of a pilot “Mail [...]

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Wal-Mart Reusable “Green” Shopping Bags

Wal-Mart Reusable “Green” Shopping Bags

Upgrade: $1(in store) Paper or Plastic? Neither… is displayed on the new reusable shopping bags from Wal-Mart. The bags cost $1 a piece and are available near the checkout area at the store. In the US, we throw away an estimated 100 billion plastic bags a year. Wal-Mart’s new reusable bags are [...]

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