Green Musings
Big Green Head presents a regularly updated collection of thought provoking pictures, videos and goofy green findings that will keep folks thinking outside the box and laughing their way green. Comment, contribute, and share them with your friends!
Things that make you go hmm...
Where Do I Start Going Green?
Whether you're beginning your green journey or continuing along the path, let us help you one small step at a time. As you follow the path with your mouse, Big Green Head provides tips and facts helping you become green, greener, greenest!
Big Green Blogs
Big Green Blogs share experiences, information, and musings from regular folks, businesses and of course - green monsters. Enjoy a good read or contribute a blog about anything and everything related to being green: green living, getting organized, eating healthy, etc. Visit our Big Green Blogs.
E-Waste Drop-Off
Did you know that the nation dumps between 300 million and 400 million electronic items per year? Those unwanted electronics are called e-waste and less than 20% are recycled.
Big Green Head is on a mission to bring e-waste recycling to communities all over Central Ohio, allowing residents the opportunity to conveniently and responsibly dispose of obsolete, unwanted and broken electronics. Find out how to bring an E-Waste Dropoff to your community!
Big Green Head is on a mission to bring e-waste recycling to communities all over Central Ohio, allowing residents the opportunity to conveniently and responsibly dispose of obsolete, unwanted and broken electronics. Find out how to bring an E-Waste Dropoff to your community!
Green on the Green
Big Green Head loves to have fun and celebrate being green! That’s why each year he organizes a free community festival allowing people to experience a sampling of ways to go green, meet local green business owners, shop, eat, and of course have fun.
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Did You Know?
- Did you know one greasy pizza box thrown into your recycling bin can ruin a whole batch of recycled cardboard? The greasiness doesn't come out! ...
- New homes in the US are 38% bigger now than they were in 1975. This is despite the size of the average household falling (source: World Watch Institute)....
- Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year!...
- Did you know last year we recycled enough to save 41 million trees! (www.thinkgreen.com)...
- The Central States Education Center (CSEC), a nonprofit environmental group, has developed a Model Community Program to help communities find ways to reduce waste, eliminate toxins, recycle, and pu...
- If all our newspapers were recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year!...
- Did you know the less we rely on raw materials, the more we are conserving our environment. (EPA)...
- Did you know that you can be a part of the solution by using products and packaging from recovered materials? (EPA)...
- Did you know the average person generates 4.5 lbs of waste per day. (www.thinkgreen.com) ...
- Did you know you can be a part of the solution by starting a recycling program at your kid’s school, your church or place of work? (EPA)...
Great article on 
Green America's blog!
20 Plastic Things You Didn’t Know You Can Recycle
1) Bottle and jar caps: Weisenbach Recycled Products accepts clean plastic bottlecaps, plastic jar caps, flip-top caps from personal care products, and flexible snap-on lids (e.g. butter tub lids) to turn into funnels and other items. CapsCando.com.
2) Brita pitcher filters: Preserve’s Gimme 5 program accepts Brita-brand pitcher filters for recycling. See #11 below.
3) Compostable bioplastics: Find a municipal composter at FindaComposter.com.
