Question by meowisthetime: How to recycle weird items?
How should I go about recycling weird items, like old bottles of hair product or syrup and plastic baggies, etc? I’m trying to recycle EVERYTHING.
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Answer by Billy
clean out the plastics and throw them in the recycling bin
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I have been crocheting plastic bags….
http://www.ccthita-swan.org/pdf/Crocheting_bags.pdf
It is a bit time consuming, but at least they don’t make it to the landfill (I take the bits and pieces I don’t use to the container at the grocery store for “recycling” the bags)
Use the list of things that are allowed to be recycled from your recyclers. Recycle as much as possible, or have a yard sale so someone could reuse your items.
from experience i would tell you to clean the products. not too much. you dont want to over board.
with the hair spray cans. they are probably steel (which CAN be recycled).. if they are plastics they are still recyclable.. if you have food scraps like the syrup you mentioned just pour the contents into a compost heap.(if you dont have a compost heap dig a hole in your back yard pour it in then bury)(its all part of nature anyways)… with your bags just recycle them with the plastic.
remember (most) everything can be recycled. its us (people in general that are just arrogant).
just take your stuff to a recycle plant and they should help you..
You can start by recycling your food scraps into vermicast with composing worms.
You can then use:
My Best Recycling Idea
Besides recycling the plastic containers, you can improve your work or home environments by bringing live potted plants indoors.
Major items needed:
One empty plastic gallon container. Tree Top Apple Juice is preferred, or equal in shape.
One empty plastic ½ gallon container. Langers All Pomergranate Juice is preferred or equal.
Directions: Lay the plastic gallon container on its side so the front label is facing up. Place the empty plastic half gallon container on the label and with a sharpie pen outline the bottom on the Tree Top label and with a sharp knife carefully cut the outline. Insert the half gallon into the hole until it rest on the back label of the gallon container. Then mark and cut approximately one inch above the cut on the ½ gallon to complete your planter container. Remove and drill several ¼ inch holes on the bottom of the ½ gallon cut container for drainage.
Fill the cut ½ gallon planter with one inch of gravel before putting in good potting mix soil and live growing plant. If you make two or more you can pour the water back and forth and not waste the water with the nutrients.
Go to NASA’s Clean Air Plant Study for the top ten plants that cleans the indoor air better than the rest. http://www.zone10.com/tech/NASA/Fyh.htm
if u see a garbidge dump for metal the spray for paper and plastic the bag etc.