Congratulations to the Krewe of the Nautilus for being the Best “Green” Unit in the 2012 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates! A special thanks to Dan and Christine Fisher for leading this effort and making it all happen!

Did you just get a new cell phone for Christmas? Are you wondering what to do with the old one? Rather than adding it to your growing collection of unwanted mobile phones, recycle it! In 2007, approximately 14 million Americans recycled their used cell phones. Today, donating or recycling cell phones, PDAs, chargers, and batteries has never been easier. Donating your working cell phone or PDA can benefit your community. When cell phones and accessories are in good working order, some programs donate them to worthy charities or sell them at a discount to those in need.
 
Recycling cell phones helps the environment by saving energy and keeping usable materials out of landfills. Cell phones and PDAs are made of precious metals, copper, and plastics-all of which require energy to mine and manufacture. Recycling conserves these materials so they can be turned into new products.
 
Where Can I Turn in My Cell Phone for Donation or Recycling?
 
Cell phone collection programs can be accessed from almost everywhere in the US. Many organizations, such as cell phone manufacturers, retailers, network carriers, charities, and state or local solid waste programs offer cell phone donation and recycling programs.
 
Drop It Off
 
Drop off your old cell phone, PDA, cell phone batteries, chargers, or other accessories at one of the retailers or service providers below. Visit the links for detailed drop-off and collection event information.
•AT&T
•Best Buy
•Office Depot
•Sony Ericsson
•Sprint
•Staples
•T-Mobile
•LG Electronics
•Verizon Wireless

Mail It In
Mail in your old cell phone, PDA, cell phone batteries, chargers, or other accessories at one of the retailers or service providers below. Visit the links for detailed drop-off and collection event information.
 
•Nokia
•Sprint
•Samsung
•T-Mobile
•Motorola
•LG Electronics
•Verizon Wireless
•Sony Ericsson

Learn More
•Before you drop off or mail in your old cell phone, make sure that you have terminated your service contract for the phone and erased any data in the phone.
•To ensure that personal information is cleared from the phone, you can: manually delete all information and remove the SIM card; contact your service provider or phone manufacturer for instructions; or use a data erasing tool such as ReCellular’s Cell Phone Data Eraser

See the following LINK for the contents of this article and www.epa.gov for more information on recycle cells phones.

Still looking for a Halloween costume? Looking to create one with conservation in mind? See “12 eco-themed Halloween costumes” for costume that’s sure to get people talking. Take a look at some of these original costume ideas and make your own!

See Popular Science Magazine’s edition of “Offbeat uses of Common Household Objects” article to see cool but odd ways of reusing common household objects. Remember, everything reused is that much less waste in landfills and oceans.

A great video by the Animal Planet!

Success at Jules Verne Park!

On September 17th, 2011, the Nuatilus Hoard came to the Jules Verne Park.  Four hours later, The Clean Up at the Jules Verne Park – Ballast Point S. Tampa, became a huge success. Thanks to all the Nauti Members for coming out and helping Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful. We collected bags and bags of trash and divers off the peer including our own Brian M. picked up lots of underwater trash, see the pics http://nautiluskrewe.com/photo-gallery.html.

Thanks to our Site Captains and newest members, Christine and Dan F., who brought us this great event.  They have been site captains at Jules Verne Park for many years and invited us this year to participate. To that end, we have officially adopted Jules Verne Park is our park. So there will be many more visits.  And to all of our Nauti families, pet owners, boaters and picnic peeps, the park offers an awesome on-site seafood restaurant, playground, dock, shelters and is pet friendly! Hope to see all at our next event there.

Historical Park Note: Mrs. Chester W. Chapin, owner of the company that operated the city’s first electric trolley cars, purchased the park and in 1894, developed the site into tropical park to function as a terminal for her line. She named it for the French writer Jules Verne (1814-1905) who in his famous novel “From the Earth to the Moon” (first published in 1865) chose Tampa town as his launching site for the imaginary shot of his rocket to that planet near one hundred and fifty years ago. 

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT EVENT