Day 46: Used Phone Book In My Fire Escape Garden
I used phone books on my fire escape garden to raise the containers off the cold steel.
A few months ago, Shawna Coronado wrote a post how phone books are a scam.
Since reading that post, I’ve been thinking of ways that they can be used. This seemed like the perfect fit.
GreenLifeStyleMagazine.net wrote an article about how individuals can cancel their phone book subscriptions.
You can go to Earth911.org to find out where you can recycle them or visit YellowPagesGoesGreen.org to opt out of deliveries.
Since I live in apartment building, I cannot opt out. They just get dropped off. Ugh.
According to StopThePhoneBooks.com creating 500 phone books wastes:
- According to a study in California 17 to 31 trees- depending on how much is new paper and how much is recycled paper .
- 7000 gallons of water
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What was your simple green act for the day?