Effective September 1, 2010, many electronics are banned from Wisconsin landfills: computers (including accessories and components), TVs, DVD players, cell phones, and fax machines. Trash crews will not pick them up if you put them out. Luckily, you have lots of options to recycle them - from dropping them off at locations as varied as Best Buy stores and the City of Milwaukee Self Help Centers, to donating them to a local charity or school.

Here's a link for some more information:

http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/mpw/divisions/operations/environmental/sanitation/recycling/Electronics.htm

Replace Disposables: Wherever possible, replace disposable products with reusable ones (i.e., razor, food storage, batteries, ink cartridges (buy refill ink), coffee filters, furnace or air conditioner filters, etc.).  ps.  Who still uses disposable razors?? make the leap big stick and invest in something that doesn't carve up your face.  Thanx - The Management

If you use Twitter, you can help the earth this summer without spending any money.

I'm NOT one to talk about my kid, because I believe the immortal words of George Carlin. " Nobody cares about your kids.. that's why they're YOUR kids."  But, my 3 year old is a great example of how my daily green habits are being noticed and will hopefully get passed down to his precarious generation. 

He asks why I'm rinsing out cans of BBQ baked beans, tomoto sauce, why I'm constantly turning off the lights that he wants on.  Why I have the daily battle of telling him to close the fridge/freezer, the sliding glass door, the drum machine, keyboard.. the chainsaw (just kidding). I'm attempting to instill some environmental values.  When we see some mouthbreathing common sloth throw a pizza box, or a cig out their car window.. I point out how that person is NOT the way to go.. and how they're the equivalent to a big pile (oops,. not really)

 Setting a "green" example is not only great for impressionable kids (before they get snared into the souless vortex of Twitter/Facebook).. but also for grown Kids aka Adults.  They will see your actions and feel guilty for not doing the same.

SunChips are delicious.  Always have been, always will be.  And now their bags are made with... plants.  100% compostable.  Not only is this great news for our ailing Earth, but you can annoy your petty co-workers to the extreme degree.. as these compostable bags are astonishingly crinkly and loud:)  Find the face of your workplace nemesis and put a crinkle in their earhole.  You'll do this with a clear conscience knowing that your'e an upstanding, environmentally sound human.   Enjoy more at www.sunchips.com

The answer...HECK YES!

It's Goodwill Industries Day at Summerfest tomorrow; just drop off a donation to Goodwill by tomorrow, and with a qualifying receipt, you'll be able to redeem that for a free Summerfest ticket between Noon and 3pm tomorrow.

Of course, donating to Goodwill not only helps people get jobs in our communtiy, it also supports sustainability and the re-use of quality goods that you might not need anymore.

For a Goodwill donation location near you, click here...and enjoy a GREENER Summerfest tomorrow!