Wicker recycling baskets

If your recycling habit is anything like mine, you find that the blue recycle bin gets filled up pretty fast. At least in my home, our recycle bin was over flowing every week and I had bags of recyclables sitting in my kitchen on the floor. I started looking for some type of recycling bin [...]

Tires recycled into playground mulch

The cash for clunkers program that helped many Americans trade in older vehicles for fuel efficent vechicles helped the environment but also created a surplus of tires that could have ended up in trash or landfills across the US. Rubbercycle is helping keep the tires from the trash by recycling them into mulch that can [...]

Recycled cell phones used to assist victims of domestic violence

With half of the world owning and using cell phones, now there is a great way to cash in your old cell phones to help the environment and also victims of domestic violence. Verizon Wireless offers the HopeLine, a program exclusive to Verizon that puts wireless services and equipment to work to assist victims of [...]

What Types of Glass Can Be Recycled?

Glass containers, such as those for food and beverages, can be recycled. Other types of glass, like windows, ovenware, Pyrex, crystal, etc. are manufactured through a different process. If these materials are introduced into the manufacturing process, they can cause production problems and defective containers.

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