My office has been collecting plastic bottle caps for Aveda since the Girl Scouts did their promotion last spring. We've probably recycled about 15 pounds of them by this point--it's easy enough, just put a container next to the bottle recycling and caps just start to accumulate!

The Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association has had a great plastics recycling program for a couple years now that allows gardeners to drop off their used garden pots, trays and hanging baskets at their local garden center to by reprocessed into next year's pots. Here's the link, which includes a list of garden centers participating: http://www.gardenminnesota.com/help-for-homeowners/plastics-recycling/

These are excellent ideas! What other programs are out there for us to share??

The program I like best is making a personal effort to not buy plastic in the first place. 1. I always use a reusable water bottle (mine is the stainless steel variety) which eliminates plastic water bottles and caps. 2. I bring reusable bags to the grocery store. Or, if it's a small purchase, I don't use a bag at all. (I still see people getting a plastic bag for single items and then heading straight to the car. Unbelievable.) 3. I recently switched to milk that comes in a returnable glass container rather than the plastic jugs I'd been using for years. I pay an initial deposit on the glass container, which is refunded when I return the empty container on my next trip to the store. It's awesome. 4. Depending on the season, I can buy my berries and other produce at the farmers market. I bring my own reusable bag and containers rather than relying on disposable plastic produce containers. Yogurt is a tough one. I have yet to find yogurt in a non-plastic container. Any ideas?

We've had a serious problem with recycling plastics from e-waste for the past 2 years. However, we've just taken delivery of a baler, having found a route to market for this waste. The saving will equate to 10 cubic meters of landfill per month. The saving in terms of Oil can't really be quantified but probably ends up being a few tons per year. Richard http://www.it-green.co.uk

Cell phones are one of the least recycled electronics in the world and over 100,000 go out of use every year in the US alone. The Reboot store near my place in Uptown just started a cell phone recycling program where you can mail in your cell phones with their paid-postage. They have a strict no landfill policy too, which is great. If you have any old cell phones, you can go to www.HaveURebooted.com for a free mail-in label or to locate a free drop off location.