10 Surprising Items You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle
You do your part by recycling paper, bottles and cans, and even composting; but you may be surprised at some of the other ways you can help to save the earth through recycling.
10 Surprising Items You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle:
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Pantyhose! Return worn out hose to No Nonsense, a pantyhose company that participates in a recycling program that turns old hosiery into park benches, carpet, playground equipment, and toys!
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Wine corks! ReCork grinds up corks and uses the material to make products like new shoes, and Yemm & Hart turns wine and champagne corks into tiles used for flooring and wall coverings.
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Running shoes! Drop off your old running shoes (any brand) at one of Nike’s Reuse-a-Shoe Program locations. Used shoes are ground down and used as a surfacing material for tracks, courts, and sports fields.
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Water filters! Brita and Zero Water both offer recycling programs for their water filters. To recycle your Brita filter, either mail it in, or drop off at a Whole Foods store. To recycle a Zero Water filter, mail it in and receive a $10 coupon code as an added bonus!
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Hair dryers! Mail Folica hair dryers back to the company for recycling and receive $40 off the purchase of a new Folica dryer.
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Yoga mats! Recycle your sweaty old yoga mat (after you wash it, of course) by sending it in or dropping it off at Recycle Your Mat!
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Golf balls! Drop off used golf balls at a Dixon Golf retail store for recycling and get a credit of $6 per dozen towards the purchase of new Dixon Earth balls.
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Blue jeans! Through the Blue Jeans Go Green denim recycling program, millions of pairs of blue jeans are kept out of landfills and recycled into eco-friendly, home insulation.
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Toothbrushes! Preserve’s Gimme 5 program creates toothbrushes from recycled #5 plastic yogurt cups. Then, when you are finished with your toothbrush, email the company for a prepaid postage label to return the toothbrush for recycling.
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Cosmetics packaging! MAC, Origins, and Aveda all offer recycling programs for cosmetics containers that are often not recognized as recyclable. Mail MAC packaging back to the company and receive a free lipstick for your efforts. Origins accepts their own (and competitors) packaging materials through their mail-in recycling program. Aveda encourages consumers to return packaging materials to any of their Experience Center locations.
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