What can I do to save money and to save the Environment at the same time?

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I have already bought environmentally friends AC units and other things for the home, I recycle newspapers, clear glass bottles and aluminum cans. Those things are recycled in my area.

As a home owner I tend to look at the price tag and also ways to save money. I even tend to buy degradable trans-bags to help the garbage in my area since the bags I have used will take 1,000 of years to degrade due to the plastic used.

I make sure the lights are off when I leave and I have the temperature at a setting I can handle. What else can I do to save money and the environment at the same time. Am I missing something?
We currently don’t have a recycling company to pick up anything but clear plastic at this time.

I am located in Kansas-

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Can you get paid to recycle a television?

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I have a 32 inch television (its about 5 years old) that broke on me. I ended up buying a new one so I would like to recycle it…..Is it possible to recycle it and get paid? Like, aluminum cans? I am also in California.

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Does anyone know if there is anywhere in St Louis Missouri that pays to recycle?

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I know that they pay to recycle aluminum cans, but what other products do they pay for. And if there are any, where? I already recycle everything I can but I figure if I can make a few bucks, why not.

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Which materials are worthwhile to recycle and which are not?

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I’ve discovered that certain things are indeed helpful to the environment when recycled, but there are also certain things that do more harm than good when recycled.

I read that aluminum cans are probably the best thing to recycle. But when it comes down to paper, for example, it’s probably a net loss for the environment (due to all the transporting, sorting, processing, bleaching, re-manufacturing, etc, that must be done to get it back to a usable state).

So basically I’m trying to figure out what items make sense to recycle and which don’t.

Thanks!

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