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NOVEMBER 15th is America Recycles Day!!!

Click here to order a FREE ink jet printer cartridge, PDA, cell phone recycling box . Anyone can order this free recycling box. Once you order, you will receive a recycling box by mail. All you have to do is fill up the box with your used ink jet cartridges, PDAs and/or cell phones, tape the box shut and mail (postage already paid)! Your used items will be recycled by a legitimate recycler in the U.S.A.

Click here to recycle your used laptop for FREE! Just tell us your mailing address and a recycling kit for your laptop will be mailed to you. NOTE: this program is for only laptops.

Message in a Bottle recycling program underway. Since April 2007, our new away from home recycling program has collected over 400,000 pounds of materials for recycling. The program collects cans, bottles, plastic shrink wrap and bags. The bottles are recycled into new carpet or other recycled products and the shrink wrap and bags are recycled into plastic lumber. Our goal is to collect from away from home locations like convenience stores, parks, etc. To see some photos of the bottle bins, click here.

RAM sells the giant pop bottle recycling bins. The cost is about $110 per bin with signage (includes shipment costs). Minimum order of 10 bins required. To see the bins, click here. Call RAM to order: 651-641-4560.

America Recycles Day is on November 15th. Click here to see the promotional materials for the campaign!

COMPOST WORM SALE for 2008 is over but we will begin selling again when the weather improves in May 2009!
You've heard of them, now have your own red wigglers to compost your food waste at home. RAM is selling compost worms in 1 or 2 pound orders through our worm supplier from May through September. We can not ship during the winter months because the worms will not survive. Cost is $50 plus 6.5% sales tax per pound. Price includes shipping and handling costs.
TO ORDER WORMS: CLICK HERE to find out how to order your worms and get composting! We accept Visa, Mastercard or check.
TO DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS: CLICK HERE if you want to learn more about worm composting, please download our instruction manual on how to care for your new worms and how to make a cheap (but effective) worm bin at home.

Recycling Links & Facts:

Skeptical about recycling?
Have a look at our "Curmudgeon's Guide to Recycling."

Can I recycle this?
Want to know where and what to recycle?

Recycling in your community
Access educational materials for use in your community.

Order an ink jet cartridge recycling kit
Recycle spent cartridges with our free program.

Want to recycle more?
Visit this new recycling campaign website about this very topic!

Where to recycle e-waste for free: Recycle your laptop using our free recycling program from anywhere in the United States. RAM's laptop computer recycling program includes a kit to recycle your laptop with a legitimate and registered computer recycler.
For more information, CLICK HERE.
(Please note: this program is for laptops only.)

Minnesotans can drop off their e-waste at RAM member, JR's Advanced Recyclers for free all year-round. For more information and directions to their facility CLICK HERE.

Other RAM members that offer e-waste recycling for a small fee:
-Randy's Sanitation
-RRT
-Asset Recovery Managment
-WM Recycle America Ecycling Services
-Green Lights Recycling
- OceanTech
Click here to get their contact information on the MPCA website.

Please support RAM and recycling in Minnesota by using GoodSearch for your everyday internet searches and enter "Recycling Association of Minnesota" as the organization you want to support. Each time you do a web search, GoodSearch will donate one penny to RAM. It's that easy! To add a simple GoodSearch toolbar to your computer click here.