{"id":21508,"date":"2021-11-18T18:44:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T18:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=21508"},"modified":"2021-11-18T18:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T18:44:03","slug":"strange-things-you-never-knew-could-be-recycled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/strange-things-you-never-knew-could-be-recycled\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Things You Never Knew Could Be Recycled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Don’t throw out that clutter quite yet! Make sure to check if those items can be reused with this list before dumping it in the trash.\n\n\n\n
You may strive to live out “reduce, reuse, recycle” in your home, but you may have some signals crossed when it comes to determining what may be recycled or reused again. For example, how about that takeout pizza box? It is not recyclable. But that used baby diaper most emphatically is not!\n\n\n\n
Although there are many products that cannot be recycled, you may be surprised to learn which home objects can be reused. So, the next time you start decluttering, keep this list available.\n\n\n\n
They may be small, but those crayons are clogging up our landfills at a rapid rate. Every year over half a million pounds of crayons are thrown away. Since crayons never biodegrade, that waxy sludge becomes quite a problem within our landfills. Instead, send those crayons over to The Crayon Initiative. They melt down the crayon and remanufacture them, sending them off to art programs at children\u2019s hospitals across the United States.\n\n\n\n
Although the common way to deal with leftover prescription drugs is to throw them away, there are other ways you can safely dispose of them without filling landfills. The Drug Enforcement Administration actually hosts a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day multiple times a year. Simply find a collection center near you and give back what you didn\u2019t use. However, some drugs could actually be harmful to others. If the directions say to flush the remaining drugs, you should do that.\n\n\n\n
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You can easily recycle that wine bottle, but what about the cork? Yes, you can compost corks, but why not send it over to a company using those corks to make recycled products?\n\n\n\n
No longer need those old tennis balls, baseball gloves, or even that yoga mat?\u00a0Play It Again Sports\u00a0will buy your old sporting equipment to be sold for others to use as well. You can also donate your old yoga mats to\u00a0Sanuk, who will use them to make comfortable flip-flops.\n\n\n\n