How to Keep Your Aluminum Coffee Capsules Out of the Garbage
August 20, 2012
While few recycling programs exist for the billions of coffee capsules used annually, many creative reuses have come to light.
Elizah Leigh
Elizah Leigh is an eco-inspired wordsmith capable of captivating readers in just the right manner to facilitate subliminal greenlightenment. If it hasn’t yet happened to you, dear reader, don’t worry... it soon will. She believes that walking on the green side of life isn’t so much about random actions like recycling household materials and eschewing bottled water as it really should be about committing to long-term lifestyle changes that naturally become effortless the more frequently they are practiced — and believe it or not, if you’re looking at the world through green-colored glasses, it’s never a chore.
Working as an eco-journalist for a number of online venues, including Ecorazzi, WebEcoist, WebUrbanist and Causecast, this self-confessed eager greenie and knowledge hound has become deeply entrenched in the world of green living and makes a conscious effort at all times to practice exactly what she preaches. Elizah feels that no one is an "expert" in this field as long as they continue to keep an open mind by acquiring new eco-feathers in their cap — something that she aspires to do with each new article that she authors.
Extremely passionate about greening perspectives as well as lifestyles one carefully selected word at a time, this eco-writer feels privileged to add the 1-800-RECYCLING audience to her increasingly expanding network of green-minded readers. When she’s not tweeting her ever-lovin’ greenie heart out or adding new eco-themed articles to her portfolio, she can be found frolicking outside or shooting the breeze with her menagerie of impossibly needy geriatric felines.
As for what Elizah hopes to bring to 1-800-RECYCLING? Believe it or not, she is convinced that we are all capable of carving out individual and collective legacies in which caring enough about what we do while we walk this earth ensures that future generations enjoy the same basic privileges that we currently do. Can collections of carefully crafted environmentally themed words help facilitate this lofty plan for eco-friendly ah-ha! inspiration? Stranger things have been done to honor Mother Nature. For now, that’s her eager greenie goal, and she’s definitely sticking to it.
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CANLOVE’s ‘Can Do!’ Attitude Toward Graffiti Can Recycling
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Spent aerosol cans rarely get recycled in the graffiti world. CANLOVE’s recycled art program collects the recyclables and creates compelling works of creativity.
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Once Poly-Coated Beverage Cartons, Now Green Building Materials
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ReWall recycles juice and milk cartons into durable building materials.
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Easy Come, Easy Throw: Giant Landfills Face Major Waste Issues
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Seven of the world’s largest landfills pose major environmental concerns, but found energy benefits ease the impact.
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Mexico City Spiking Recycling Rates with Free Food Rewards
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Mexico City’s recycling rate has quadrupled in the past year, thanks to the “Mercado de Trueque” recycling incentive program.
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Creative Ways to Inspire Widespread Community Recycling
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Offering attention-grabbing reasons to recycle boosts awareness, education and most importantly, recycling rates.
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50 Totally Funky Recycled Chair Ideas
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Eye-catching conversation starters like these chairs can come to life with a little creative recycling ambition.
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50 Easy Freebie Trash-to-Treasure Tables
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Items you never would have considered can be collected and recycled into fashionable, practical tables for home use.
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Made in the DIY Shade: Unique Ways to Upcycle Old Lamps
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Provide some pizzazz to a light source by employing these reuse techniques.
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Hermès’ Petit h: The Cream of the Upcycled Factory Remnant Crop
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Cast-aside scraps are repurposed into Hermès’ new line, Petit h, instead of being sent to landfills.