Learn About Recycling

• Learn
  • Read 2-3 “Recycle” blog posts
    • e.g. Bury Them Batteries!
    • e.g. Taking Action: Better late than never!
    • e.g. Black Gold! Composting at Home
  • Visit 2-3 websites from our Resources list, and learn more about recycling facts to share.
    • e.g. Austin’s Composting Fact Sheet
    • e.g. Earth911
• Connect
  • Watch and listen to experts and community members share their views about and experiences with sustainability.
    • e.g. Lorraine – Cell phone recycler
    • e.g.  AJ Fitzgerald – Poetry slammer musing over Reduce, Reuse, Recycle as a metaphor for how he came to be.  Not what you expected, right?
  • Reach out to the #greenliving Twitter community to ask experts or find other pertinent resources
• Take Action
  • Create or take part in a ‘recycling’ challenge on our Facebook Challenges page.
    • e.g. Take specialty items to a recycle center (Ex. batteries and light bulbs and scrap metal).
    • e.g. Recycle all aluminum cans and glass bottles used in and out of your home.
    • e.g. Donate old clothes, shoes, household items to Goodwill or local thrift shop.
    • e.g. Volunteer at Austin’s book recycler program for Texas prisoners at the Inside Books Project.
    • e.g. Download the iRecycle app for your smartphone or tablet.
    • e.g. Half Price Books will take your books and media for cash or store credit.
  • Complete goal setting journal
• Reflect
  • Follow up on your ‘recycling’ challenge by describing how it went on our Facebook Challenges page
  • Complete Journal 3.
  • How have your notions of recycling expanded?  Share with a like-minded friend or via this challenge’s social media.