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bike, bus, train
  1. public bike system: The service costs $28 a month or $78 for a year (May – November). Users can buy a 24-hour pass for $5.Ìý
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Cleaning products:

  1. How to make your own green cleaning kit:ÌýÌý
  2. Citra-Solv Concentrated Cleaner & Degreaser: Shadow Lake Pure Castile Soap: Citra-Solv, Ridgefield, CT, 800-343-6588; for retailers, or at Loblaws and natural products stores across Canada.
  3. Seventh Generation Natural All Purpose Cleaner: Seventh Generation; for retailers.
  4. Fruits & Passion Art Home Ecological Heavy Duty Cleaner: Fruits & Passion, 800-276-9952; for retailers and to shop on-line within Canada
  5. Nature Clean All-Purpose Cleaning Lotion: F.T. Ross and Sons, Toronto; at Loblaws and most natural food retailers.
  1. , its subsidiary , and are sponsors of the program. If you take back your cell phone to one of their shops, they will recycle or refurbish it and support a local food bank. And all new Rogers and Fido wireless devices now come with a postage-paid recycling envelope.
  2. will recycle any brand cell phone, battery and all accessories and donate proceeds to the . You can bring them to any of their . You can also ship your phone by , free of charge, or bring the devices to a participating . Bell Canada also has an , which aims to cut energy consumption and reduce green house gases.
  3. will recycle any brand cell phone, battery and all accessories. In partnership with a tree will be planted for each subscriber that brings in a mobile phone, battery or accessory for recycling. Telus also has an .
  4. As part of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) program, all rechargeable batteries are recycled and processed at facilities designed to recycle metals. Cell phones are either refurbished or recycled. ReCellular, Inc., a refurbisher of wireless equipment, has been working with the RBRC to process and resell the recycled phones. For more information, visit Ìýor call 877-273-2925.
  5. : recycle iPhones.
  6. accepts cell phones and other electronic equipment for recycling. They also have an .
  7. ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Waste Management takes batteries for recycling.
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