Green Day Planner: August 2010

Burbank Library Green Events: August 2010

Calendar of Green Events in Burbank and Greater LA. Check out State and National events on the Green Day Planner.

Aug 4-6
Techonomy Conference - Tahoe
identifying and promoting ideas, principles and enterprises

Aug 13
Jules Verne Festival @ 10am-6pm - LA
1st Annual Jules Verne NATURE DAY. FREE @ 7th & FIG Plaza
Featuring the vegetable-oil running vehicle from the award-winning film NATURE PROPELLED

Aug 14
BURBANK: Household Hazardous Waste Roundup
Burbank Fire Training Center 1845 N. Ontario

Aug 15
Power Mix - LA
Cutting Edge Alternative Energy Expo

Aug 16
BURBANK: Sustainable Task Force @ 4:30pm

Aug 18
BURBANK: Take Out Your Lawn Workshop @ 6:30pm
Swap that water-guzzling lawn @ the Buena Vista Branch

Aug 30-31
CAPCOA Climate Forum – SF

September
Sep 1-2
Women In Green Forum - Pasadena

California Watch: Rebates

California Cash for Appliances expands to energy-efficient dishwashers, water heaters and HVAC systems
LA Times: July 29, 2010 by Tiffany Hsu

When rebates for refrigerators and money for washing machines won’t do the trick, try adding dollars for dishwashers to the mix.

That’s what state energy officials are offering Californians, starting Thursday, in an attempt to boost lagging interest in a 3-month-old rebate program for energy-efficient appliances.

The original rebates included up to $50 for room air conditioners, $100 for clothes washers and $200 for refrigerators. The offer now adds up to $50 for freezers, $100 for dishwashers, $750 for water heaters and $1,000 for heating, ventilation or air conditioning systems. Search for qualifying appliances here.

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Instead of requiring that the appliances be sold by May 23, the commission is giving customers rebates until funds run out. And buyers now get 120 days, not 30, to file their rebate applications.

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Hence the expanded offer, known as California Cash for Appliances PLUS. Consumers can now get rebates for 25 dishwasher models, 165 freezers, 258 boilers, more than 300 water heaters and 2,887 furnaces. READ MORE !

MyCall2Recycle

Call2Recycle® Challenges
North Americans to Recycle 1 Million Pounds of Batteries
July – October 1, 2010

Cell phones, laptops, mp3 players, cordless power tools and digital cameras all use rechargeable batteries, which can and should be recycled.

Call2Recycle, North America’s only free rechargeable battery and cell phone collection program, launched MyCall2Recycle, an awareness campaign designed to educate consumers and businesses on the importance and ease of battery recycling.

During the campaign, consumers are asked to scour their homes and rid their attics, junk drawers and storage spaces of all used rechargeable batteries and cell phones and bring them to any of Call2Recycle’s 30,000 public drop-off locations to help the organization achieve its goal of collecting one million pounds of rechargeable batteries between now and Oct. 1.

Since 1994, Call2Recycle has recycled millions of pounds of rechargeable batteries through a network of 30,000 drop-off locations in the US and Canada.

Find a Drop-Off location by Zip Code
or Call: 877.2.RECYCLE - 877 . 273 . 2925

Some Burbank Locations

Best Buy - 1501 N Victory Pl – 818 845 5121
Do It Center - 3221 W Magnolia Blvd – 818 845 8301
Fry's Electronics - 2311 N Hollywood Way – 818 526 8159
Grainger - 7565 N Lockheed Dr – 818 253 7970
K-Mart - 1000 N San Fernando Blvd – 818 843 4221
Lowe's - 2000 W Empire Ave – 818 557 2300
MelroseMAC - 2400 W Olive Ave – 562 879 3865
Office Depot - 228 E Burbank Blvd – 818 848 2591
RadioShack - 2412 W Victory Blvd – 818 842 8579
Verizon Wireless - 1729 N Victory Pl – 818 842 2722

More @

News For You: UCLA Institute of the Environment

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