My friend Jeff e-mailed me with the following:

I just paid $54 to get six PCs and two boxes of cables, boards, peripherals, etc. dating back to the 80’s properly recycled.  This after stripping the PCs of reusable parts and flattening a ton of no-longer needed packaging.  I’m making progress in reclaiming my basement, but I still have two leftovers from my efforts:  stacks of CD/DVDs and 3-1/2″ disks.  Can you tell me the RIGHT thing to do with these?  Has anybody ever come up with anything besides coasters for CD/DVDs?

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Audrey writes:

Thanks for posting my tip Allie.

Now I have a question for you. Since I’ve banned bleach from my house I don’t know what to use to clean the basket of my coffee maker. I’ve always just soaked it in bleach solution and it came up clean as a whistle. I’ve now tried soaking it in dishwashing soap with baking soda and scrubbing it with a brush - no good. Any ideas greatly appreciated!

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Brenda writes:

 

Hi Allie–

I recently moved to another state and discovered they have Wegman’s here, which I am overjoyed about!  When I went today, I brought along my reusable grocery bags BUT soon realized that this Wegman’s likes for the customer to weigh their own produce and stick a price label on it…many items required me to put them in a plastic produce bag in order to get the price sticker on there.  I thought it was such a waste of plastic (not to mention the materials for the extra large price sticker that gets printed).  Do you have any suggestions on what I can use to hold my produce in at the grocery store?  I need something that I can easily attach and remove a price sticker.

Thanks!

Brenda

Here’s what I suggest.

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Hey Allie,

I have a question for you. I decided to trade all my (poisonous) water bottles in for the aluminum Sigg bottles. But what do I do with the old water bottles? Can I recycle them? That seems kind of counter-productive to trying to help the environment. Help!

-NPW

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Baltimore Bliss asks:

“It would be great if you could post on the safest tampon choice. I started a discussion about this at the crazysexylife site and people are pretty confused. Let me know if you have any insight into this question.”

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In comments, Nicole asked:

What about a good and green way to prevent mold from growing in a sad little bathroom without any fans and a very, very tiny window? Or a green way to clean the existing mold from walls, shower curtain liner, tub, toilet, etc? It’s driving me crazy!! Read more…

In comments, Doris Turner asked:

I am looking for 100 bulbs to award families at our elementary school for signing a pledge to take plastics and paper to the recycle center. Where can I buy them inexpensively?

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Last week in comments, Corinne asked the following:

I’m wondering if you have any eco-friendly ideas for freshening up a smelly basement. We have two cats and although we scoop their litter daily and have a dehumidifier in the basement, it still stinks! I would like to do yoga down there, but I can’t stand that “basement smell”. Any ideas? Read more…

Dear Allie:

For all of us chocolate lovers, is Endangered Species Chocolate really all the “cause” it’s cracked up to be?  If so, I know where to get my chocolate fix!

~Mindae

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