It’s been a little over 8 months since A Clean Life was brought into the world. It was quite an odd birth.
I had this idea. That’s it just an idea.
I began telling friends, family, and coworkers about it. To my amazement it ignited their passions. They enthusiastically encouraged me to keep developing the idea. Some began researching on their own and reporting back to me. Nearly all started telling me about anything environmentally friendly they were doing.
It was like standing up in a large room and having everyone look at …

**This is cross posted on the Navstar blog, where I am the new Director of Green IT**
You may have recently read that Navstar introduced our Green IT program. We are very excited about this business line and the opportunity it provides for us to make a difference and help our community.
With that in mind we are happy to provide some green tips in our blog to help our local community.
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Did you know that most of us recycle less than we can?
In some communities we recycle up to 50% less than …

With all the hubub about ‘Cash for Clunkers‘ right now, I decided to look into what is going on from A Clean Life point of view.
First, a little about the program:
Take to a dealer any car not older than 25 years that gets less than 18 miles per gallon. Buy a new car that gets 4 or 10 miles per gallon more than your old one and the dealer will give you $3,500 or $4,500 (respectively).
Example: take in a 1998 Ford Explorer, currently the most commonly traded in clunker car …

I love being a part of a community with A Clean Life. There are so many people living the way we all can/should. Here is one, Dave Cacner, an avid composter. Read on as Dave shares some of his clean lifestyle with us:
What is the favorite environmental thing you do?
It’s a toss-up between making compost and recycling/reusing what I can.  I’ll take whatever vegetable matter we don’t use in the house and compost it.  I’ve even been known to empty the vacuum cleaner bag or take out the dryer lint …

Creative Reuse: the process of taking used or recycled materials and turning them into artwork.
I stumbled across the Long Beach Creative Reuse Depot through a recommendation from a friend. What a place! I have to go and visit.
A quick check on the website shows that they have tons of items, multiple local artists, and accept a crazy amount of items, here is just a few from the list (of over 50 items):
textiles, paper, wood, metal, glass, plastics and any other item that seems “too good to throw away”

Watch the video …

Since I began down this path to become the ultimate Trashman I am getting so many links from friends and family. They are amazing and perfect discussion starters, so thanks everyone! Keep em coming.
Rather than read them and realize all this ultimate knowledge myself I decided to share them with the world. Here they are, enjoy.

From imomster: More states are moving to establish safe recycling programs and address the mercury content of the popular curly…
Save waste by getting rid of all those wires: Nokia has taken another baby step in that …

Tonight I visited the Whole Foods stores of Washington D.C. and spoke with a nice lady named Erin. She is a part of the green mission for the market super chain. Thank you very much Erin for showing me around the compost operations.
Whole Foods is truly a unique operation in that it actually has a green mission. The mission is a part of its core values to care “About Our Communities & Our Environment”. Now, I bet most of you are thinking that this is another corporate ploy. I had …