Car seat recycling in #yeg....FINALLY

 

I am excited to hear that Weehelp, a local not for profit group in Edmonton, is taking in car seats to be recycled. Once they are received here, they are taken to Vancouver to be recycled.

So why is it good to recycle your car seat instead of just cutting the straps and putting it in the garbage?? There are a few!

• It keeps unnecessary items from being put into the landfills 
• The plastic from the car seats can be broken down to make other items such as plastic patio furniture, butter tubs, and other children's products
• Other items are disposed of correctly, efficiently, and the most environmentally friendly way as possible.

How can you recycle your car seat? Easy contact Weehelp through email @ info@weehelp.ca or call 780.717.0973

P.S.
Want to see this program around indefinitely? Consider making a small donation to help ensure this much needed program stays put!!

We've got worms

Compost worms that is and they are so cool.

Incase you don't know yet - we took possession of our house on April 1st and have been living here officially for a couple of weeks now. Our backyard is pretty kick ass for being in the City of Edmonton and we have big plans on creating some awesome gardens to grown a lot of vegetables! 

Getting compost worms was definitely on the top of my list for when we moved into our house.

Why are compost worms good to have, you ask? There are many reasons!

• You can put various food scraps from fruits and vegetables, coffee grounds, cardboard and paper (without any print or ink), grains, and various other items in there for the worms to compost
• It's a good way to keep unnecessary items out of landfills
• It's a great way to contribute to your Organic garden as compost is so good for a garden
• A great way to recycle
• A fun way to spend time as a family. (Carter and Sophie love to "feed the worms".)  
• It's a good learning experience. 

Our worms are just tiny babies right now so getting pictures of them would just look like I am posting pictures of dirt, but when they get bigger there will definitely be some pictures!! 

Are you interested in getting compost worms? 

If you are interested in purchasing some for yourself you can check them out at the Earth's General Store in Edmonton. You can check out their website here or you call them @ 780.439.8725 to inquire about compost worms. 

The City of Edmonton website is also a great resource. And of course Google!

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Earth Day 2014

Happy Earth Day everyone! Today people around the world are observing, celebrating, and participating in Earth Day. Let us all be proactive today, tomorrow, and forever in keeping this place we call Earth as clean as we can :) 

With that being said I have compiled a list of ways to be environmentally friendly. 

• Walk, take the bus, or car pool to work 
• If you are looking for a new vehicle consider a hybrid or electrical car
• Start a garden. (If you are tight for room check out these concepts) 
• Walk to the grocery store
• Buy local whenever possible
• Recycle
• Shop consignment- it keeps unnecessary items out of the landfill. 
• Learn to compost
• Sign up for a program like Capital City Cleanup
• Shut off lights in rooms that you are not occupying
• Wash your clothes in cold water
• Make your own cleaning products like the ones in this online article
• Hang your clothes to dry
• Join your local freecycle group
• Up-cycle, re-purpose items, and donate. 
• Consider donating usable household supplies for building and renovation to Habitat for Humanity Restore
• Donate no longer needed clothing and household items to places like The Salvation Army
• Plant a tree

This is just a small list of ways to be proactive, what are some ways that you help to reduce your carbon foot print?