Heather Neal

On the verge of 3, my son is finally old enough to trick-or-treat this Halloween. He understands wearing a costume and knocking on doors. He’s been practicing saying “Trick or treat!” and “Boo!” to our neighbors’ ghosts and pumpkins that have been out since early September. He’s pointing out all the skeletons and witches he sees. Every day — no, every hour — he gives me a different (yet adamant) declaration of what he’d like to be for Halloween.

[Hey guys – what follows is a sponsored post I’ve created with a brand that I believe in and we already use in our day to day lives – Renew Life® Digest Smart Enzymes.I feel good about supporting it and hope you do too.] After 5,473 days of winter it feels like we can finalllllly start believing it’s really spring, and that summer is just around the corner.

We live in a disposable world. It is far too easy to simply toss out that old phone, laptop or e-reader and buy new when a snazzy new version comes out. We all know that it's terrible for the environment to simply throw old electronics away, but what should you do with them instead? In honor of Earth Day, here are some tips for how to safely dispose of your old gadgets.