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Mirrors are great, but what do you do when you need to get rid of one in New York? Are there "rules" that need to be followed?

Earth Festival is expanded from a one-day in-person event to a five-day online presentation

Saturday was a big day for the ARC Otsego's new program, The Otsego ReUse Center, on Dwayne Street in Oneonta.

Otsego County held its 17h annual Hazardous Waste Collection Day this past weekend.  On Friday morning, a satellite event was held in Unadilla at the Town Highway garage.  Approximately 110 cars dropped of hazardous material from an estimated 116 households.

Coffee drinkers, don't throw those coffee grounds in the trash.  There are a number of ways reuse them.  From cleaning, repelling, and deodorizing, check out how you can reuse those grounds:

The 16th Annual Otsego County Household Hazardous Waste Days are coming in September.  The first of two will be September 13, 2013 at the Unadilla Town Barn from 8am to 11am, then on September 14, 2013 at the Meadows Office Complex in Cooperstown from 8am to 2pm.

Bounty, Snuggle, and Downy, they all work to soften your clothes and to control static clean, but they have many other uses, too.  I know you are familiar with using them as a bug repellant when in the great outdoors, but do you know these tricks:

There are so many cool ideas and creative ways to reuse wood pallets.  Thanks to the listeners who shared some of their favorites with me.  This time of year I always feel energized and ready to take on new projects.  Reusing wood pallets might be just my new hobby.

The presents are opened and the tree is loosing all of it's needles.  It is time to take down the Christmas tree, but what are you going to do with it?  Recycle and reuse.  It is a great way to give the tree more purpose.  Here are some ideas for your Christmas tree after Christmas besides of curbside pick-up: