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Did you know that your old Christmas lights can be recycled? A program being launched by Crown-ACE Hardware and 1-800-GOT-SCRAP this holiday season will swap your old lights for a $5 gift certificate redeemable for purchases over $20 – and that includes strings of holiday bling. According to Mark Schulein, owner of 17 Crown-ACE Hardware Stores in Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties, newer lights are more energy efficient and safer than some of the older products. Read more...

Orange County firefighters and SA Recycling of Anaheim are teaming up for a new take on the adage. Through SA's program, 1-800-GOT-SCRAP, cars ready to be recycled for scrap metal are instead being collected and first sent to the North Net Fire Training Facility in Anaheim. Firefighters will use the vehicles for training, learning how to extricate wounded passengers with the Jaws of Life and other rescue techniques. Then the cars will go back to the recycling yard to be chopped into metal chunks and recycled to make new cars. Donors can expect to receive $200 to $450 for their vehicles, depending on the car's weight, said Cristi Rossi, vice president of operations for 1-800-GOT-SCRAP. Read more...

A brand new service described as “recycling on steroids” and destined to benefit our planet is being officially launched. 1-800-GOT-SCRAP is available to consumers who have unwanted large-scale metal items such as old cars, dishwashers, washing machines, stoves and refrigerators that need to be discarded. 1-800-GOT-SCRAP will pick them up for a small fee or they may be dropped off at an affiliated recycling center for cash. The items are then shredded, sorted into various pure metals (e.g., steel, aluminum, copper, iron) and shipped overseas to be re-purposed into new appliances and automobiles. Read more...