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Learn how you can replace your noisy, polluting gas-powered trimmer with three simple people-powered tools. It's quiet, inexpensive, and oh so green!

Most recycling programs only accept plastics #1 and #2, so all others must be sorted out. After collecting for a couple weeks, this visual guide to recycling was created. It includes a photo of each plastic type, as well as detailed information on each resin (if you click through). Be a recycling super-hero and know your plastics!

Almost anything made from plastics #1 and #2 is recyclable, not just bottles! Check out these 10 common items that can be reclaimed by almost any recycling program in America. Little Tikes wagons, Target carts, milk crates, paint buckets, and more - All with amazing photos and links!

A quick look at Southeastern grocery stores and their bagging policies. Do they have paper or plastic? Do they sell reusable bags? Do they have a refund policy if you bring your own? Find out here.

This holiday season, comsumers like you and I will recieve thousands of packages from Amazom.com. This convenience generates a lot of waste. Check out this guide from Go Green Charleston for the lowdown on how to keep Amazon's packaging materials out of the landfill. Pass this along to friends!

Go Green writer Chad Norman provides an overview of Polyethylene Terephthalate, otherwise known as plastic #1. The story includes a great photo of collected samples, and a grip of useful links.

Check your area for opportunities to join The Ocean Conservancy for it's Coastal Cleanup. In Charleston, this is the 19th year for a beach and river sweep, which will remove many tons of garbage from our waterways. Get out and go green!

Go Green Blogger Chad Norman has an excellent photo of two weeks worth of his family's paperboard packaging material. If you aren't recycling this material, do so. If you can't, start telling your local facility that you want to. Click thru to see how Charleston, SC is doing it.

Check out this quick overview of how using cloth napkins reduced a family's paper trash significantly. Includes suggestions on how to get the greenest, reusable napkins on your block.

The Little Green Bag Project in Charleston, SC gives away canvas bags at their August 18th event in an effort to reduce the use of plastic bags. The bags, which are sponsored by local businesses, are given away for free to any shopper willing to use them. This is a great grass roots project with lots of potential.