Monday, June 9, 2014

Meet & Greet (#MtaGt) - June - USAgain

Welcome to Meet & Greet, a regular series designed to grow our green community.

A monthly link-up party for green blogs on Reduce Footprints

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The rules:

1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or collection of environmental posts.
2. Visit at least one other blog and/or the featured site and leave a pertinent comment.
3. The link-up will remain open for a month.
4. Random.org determines the featured site each month.

Last month we linked up articles. Random.org chose Amtrak trains, restaurants help travelers go green by USAgain, a for-profit company that collects unwanted textiles and resells them, thereby diverting millions of pounds of clothing from landfills. This article is an interesting look at how travel options are becoming more Eco-friendly. For example, you might already know that train travel is more "green" than flying or driving; but did you know that one company, Amtrak, provides recycling bins in every car? Those of you who enjoy eating out will be happy to know that more and more restaurants are reducing their impact. Even some fast-food restaurants are offering recycling bins. The article finishes up with a list of travel tips such as avoiding the free continental breakfast buffet at hotels to reduce waste and bringing reusable drink containers to a hotel room instead of using the provided single-use, plastic-wrapped versions.

After reading Amtrak trains, restaurants help travelers go green, be sure to browse around the blog and read other terrific posts. I found an article entitled EcoATM provides ‘smart’ way to recycle Smartphones, tablets, iPods, mp3 players and another about going green in the bathroom. I also found articles on textile recycling. USAgain has great content and something for everyone. Check it out!

For previous features & blogs, check out the Meet & Greet Page: http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com/p/meet-greet.html.

Our link-up is live. Please list your blog, visit and have fun!

PLEASE NOTE ... we're accepting links from blogs this month ... stay tuned as this will change from time to time.