>> Stop buying too much paint. Not only are you wasting your own money, your wasting the rest of ours too. “California local governments spend approximately $16 million annually to collect unused paint through Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) programs. Taxpayers and garbage rate payers spend about $8 per gallon to operate these programs.”
>> Don’t throw away that broken umbrella. Burda Style’s got a photo-illustrated guide to putting your flappy umbrella back together again. Sew and save cash! (via outsapop)
>> Budget bus lines, rated by Slate. “People who take Amtrak or prefer flying might think one cheapo coach is the same as the next, but these are the same undiscriminating individuals who think a Bud Light is interchangeable with a Busch Light.”
>> Light rails and trolleys in the U.S., ridden and rated. No, L.A. is not home to any of the 4 systems tried.
Photo by kevindean
Isn’t there a non profit that could use old paint for arts programs or something? We have several here in Cleveland. You should have a Zero Landfill project in LA. They take donations of old binders, architectural and designer samples (like wall paper swatches, stone samples, etc) and artists come and pick them up for free and use them in their art projects. This is a great way to divert from the land fill and stuff like paint from the hazardous waste stream.
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Comment by Robert Stockham — June 18, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
Well one would hope that people would look into those donation opportunities — I’d imagine even putting up a “free stuff” ad on Craigslist would do the job most of the time. But considering the fact that the reason we have this costly collection program in the first place is because people like to dump excess paint down the storm drains, I’m not highly confident that the general populace will go into the trouble to look into creative solutions….
However, they may be into saving money by simply buying less paint — a win win all the way around –
Comment by Siel — June 24, 2009 @ 6:03 pm