Imagine this scenario. You're in your living room watch TV when suddenly the picture completely goes. You play around with it a bit but soon realize that the problem is beyond your repair capabilities. You take it in for a repair estimate and are shocked by what your are told. You do some searching later that day and find that for only 200 dollars more you can buy a brand new TV with all the modern features. What would you do? Read More

2. Recycling Carpet

If you are giving the floors in your house a makeover then one of your options is new carpet. The right carpet can completely transform the look and style of your room. However, this frequently means that your old carpet is headed for the dump or landfill. This may come as a surprise, but even if your carpet has been worn threadbare it can still be recycled. Read More

3. Recycling Sofas

You may decide that it is time for a furniture facelift. Your old sofa set just isn't in keeping with what is new and in style. Possibly, it is worn and just outlived its usefulness. Many buy new sets of furniture without giving careful consideration to what they are going to do with their old things. Many think that no one will want it or it is unusable and many times they end up in the dump or landfills. This is truly unnecessary because chances are the old sofa could be of some use to someone. Read More

4. Recycling Wallpaper

If you have old, out dated wallpaper hanging in your home, then there may come a day when you want to redecorate. You may decide that the old wallpaper must go and change your walls to a brighter more neutral tone. You may also decide to put new wallpaper on. What ever decision you decide to make, you need to consider what you are going to do with your old wallpaper. For many of us, it is simply a case of stripping it off and throwing it in the garbage. Unfortunately, when this happens the old wallpaper ends up in dumps and landfills. Today, we are encouraged, more and more to reduce the amount of waste we produce through reusing and recycling. You may be surprised but wallpaper many times can be recycled and reused for a variety of different crafts. Read More