One Million Acts of Green...and still going

We all know we have to reduce our carbon footprint. I was excited to find out while watching CBC that George Stroumboulopoulos announced his official launch of The Hour's "One Million Acts of Green" (OMAOG) campaign, and we have actually  reached more than one million acts of green. Initiative from each individual as a collective is a more effective appoach than waiting for any goverment policy by means of increase in taxes, fines and rate increases.

Visit OMAOG website contribute and see how you can lighten your environmental footprint.

What to do with your household waste:

Canadian Tire - will take back old air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and halogen lamps

Toronto Zoo Environmental Initiative - ECO-cell program recycling of cell phones, and other small electronic devices

Mountain Equipment Coop - cell phone and printer cartridge recycling

Toxic Taxis - provides free pick-up of HHW from residents of Toronto with a minimum quantity of 10 litres and maximum quantity of 50 litres. Call  416-392-4330 

thINK Food Project - turn used ink jet cartridges into food by reconditioning the product to be like new and donating proceeds to the food bank

FreeRecylcing.ca - Ontario's Computer Recycler. Proceeds from the sale of scrap donated goes to the David Suzuki Foundation

Toronto Solid Waste drop-off depots

Goodwill - small household items, books, linens, clothing, dishes, ornaments

ArtsJunktion- will take art supplies such as pencils, markers, crayons, yarn and fabric, as well as used buttons, costume jewellery and dress-up clothing. ArtsJunction is a Toronto District School Board warehouse for teachers—and reused by creative young minds

City of Toronto A-Z index - if in doubt, goto this link http://www.toronto.ca/garbage/siteindex.htm