Hiya folks!
I learned some valuable info the other day and I figured it would be a good idea to share it with y'all. :D
My son has a habit of destroying his clothing, which means all those shirts and cute outfits that I have bought for him are not even good enough for goodwill. We're lucky if a pair of white socks survives my son's abuse for more than three months. They can't handle the sand, mud, and plastic sword fights for very long. After looking through his drawers I had about five nice outfits which another child would be happy to wear, and about 20 that were fit for the garbage. I dropped the former off at Goodwill. The rest sat in a bag by the door for about a week because I felt wasteful just throwing them away.
Later that same week my computer decided it was no longer going to work, in the middle of me doing my homework... just to make life a little more difficult for me. Fantastic....
I put it under the bed with my other five year old dead computer plus several other ancient electronics. I feel bad just tossing it. I spent so much on it. Throwing it in the trash not only seems wasteful, it also makes me feel like I'm throwing all my money out the window...which makes me kinda angry.
Anyhooo...
I realized that if I did not get rid of all of my family's junk soon we were going to end up on an episode of Hoarders so....
TO THE INTERWEBS!
Here's what I found out, you can recycle a lot of your useless crap! YAY!!!
Unfortunately, you can't just throw these things in the blue bin, but there are a good number of companies out there which can make recycling your old junk pretty easy. Patagonia has a wonderful recycling program. When you have old clothes which are torn or stained that you don't feel are fit to give away, you can drop them into a specially marked bin at any of their stores. If there isn't a Patagonia store by your house they also provide an address (listed below) to which you can ship your old clothes. Patagonia recycles your tattered clothing and turns them into brand new apparel.
Awesome huh?
The next environmental superhero company is Best Buy. They will take your dead or unwanted electronics at any of their stores. Sometimes, if they feel they can use some of the parts, they will even give you money for it. WOoot! Best Buy is not the only company or organization that can help you recycle your old gadgets. To find more electronic recycling facilities you can visit
Old makeup takes a lot of space in our landfills. Though many of the containers are metal or plastic, they are usually not sorted out by your neighborhood recycling truck. MAC will take back any of their old or used containers and recycle them for you. If you bring 6 MAC containers at once you get a free lipstick, and if you read the previous blog about animal testing, you should also know that MAC is also cruelty free! If you're like me and most of your makeup is bought at the drugstore you can bring any brand of old makeup containers to your local Origins store. Not only will they recycle them for you, but they will also give you a baggie of free samples :D
I hope this helps faithful reader <3
Below is the Patagonia recycling address and some useful links, including one on how to recycle plastic grocery bags!
XOXO,
MIMI
Patagonia Common Threads Mailing Address:
Attn. Common Threads Recycling Program
8550 White Fir Street
Reno, NV 89523-8939
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