Waste Away Group Blog
According to upcyclemagazine.com, upcycling is the process of taking something that is no longer needed or wanted and giving it new life as something that is useful or creative.
Glass jars or bottles may have either plastic or glass lids on them, which may lead to some confusion when throwing these into your recycling bin. Should they be removed? Are they, themselves, recyclable? Will leaving them on contaminate the whole load of recycling?
There are many injectable medications available that don’t have an oral or topical counterpart, along with others But what should be done with the needles after they are used?
Wax Paper, or waxed paper, is just that…a single layer of paper coated with a thin layer of wax. It has many uses in the kitchen as a moisture resistant wrapping for food to keep it from getting soggy, among other uses. After using it, however, what should be done with it?
According to bowlingball.com, the name for the outer shell of a bowling ball is coverstock. There are four basic types of coverstocks on the market today: plastic/polyester, urethane, reactive, and particle.
The term “Recycling Bias” refers to the tendency of people to throw larger or full sheets of paper into the recycling bin while small pieces and scraps of paper went into the trash. The same was found to be true of crushed cans or plastic bottles. Empty but intact cans or bottles went into the recycling bin while their crushed or dented counterparts were destined for the landfill.
When an item outlives its usefulness for one person, the decision has to be made to throw it away, recycle it, or give it away to be reused by someone else.
Depending on the item, however, it may not qualify for the recyclable category. As much as we want to recycle things instead of throw them away, some products are not recyclable by most conventional processes.
Hangers in some fashion or design, are in every household across the United States and probably much of the world.
What should be done with hangers when we no longer need or want them? Depending on the type of material from which they are made, there are a few options for you.
Glass is one of the few materials in the world that is perpetually recyclable. The same glass can be broken down and reused over and over again — theoretically, a million times over.
In 2018, the amount of batteries sold by Energizer alone topped $1.6 billion. With the introduction of handheld electronic devices, people are using more and more household batteries than ever before.