Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 17, 2014

Ah, recycling. It’s been around forever in one form another, whether back when your grandmother reused glass bottles for canning or in 2014 when a truck comes around to pick up all those empty soda cans you put out at the end of your driveway. Let’s take a look at a few items you may not have known were recyclable. Your Old Car.

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Recycle Recycled Recycling Reuse 217

Nicoles Nickels

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Currently, Dasani’s completely recyclable PET bottle sources 30% of its materials from approved plant resources! While these companies are working on improving the source of bottle materials, they are also looking at the big picture and are rebuilding the bottle supply chain to better accommodate PlantBottle life cycle.

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Recycle Recycled Recycling Plants 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 5, 2012

And while there are many individuals and groups working to make that a reality, it’s a rather difficult achievement because of the way we have set our society up to be one of convenience and disposability rather than reuse. Reuse Everything Glass jars make great water bottles at home. Where I live, nearly anything can be recycled.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 28, 2013

In the early 21 st century, increasing world population, growing use of non-decomposable plastics, the westernization of the Asian continent and several world economic crisis cycles all contributed to increasing numbers of landfill operations throughout the world – mostly containing petroleum based plastic products. Their conclusion? “So

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