Here Are 20 Things You Can Actually Recycle
Oct 13, 2015 20:47
Got a lot of junk lying around at home? Instead of keeping them, or just throwing them out, why not recycle them? There are many other ways to get rid of these things. Check out the list below:
Brickrecycler will take old Legos and donate them to foster children. Or you can do it yourself.
Don’t toss out that old bra when it’s done supporting you, recycle it.
You can donate your Crocs, (or someone else's) to Soles4Souls.
If you do your oil changes at home, take your oil to an oil-change facility to be recycled.
Home improvement stores might let you exchange them.
Many places will take back old cartridges you no longer use for a price.
Ikea will take back all those old low-energy bulbs you don’t know what to do with.
Donate old crayons. Believe it or not, they can be made into brand new crayons.
Preserve, a company that creates products from 100% recyclable materials, will recycle the plastic of old Brita filters for you.
Still have VHS tapes laying around but nothing to play them with? GreenDisk will take care of them for you.
Key For Hope collect old metal keys and sell them to recycling centers. The money is then given to food banks.
I'm sure you can find some way to recycle greeting cards. This is a no brainer!
Donate them to Nike’s “reuse-a-shoe” program to be made into sporting surfaces.
Instead of throwing away those old cosmetic packages, some companies will take them back.
Pantyhose and tights can take up to 40 years to decompose. Donate them to be made into playground equipment.
Legos
Brickrecycler will take old Legos and donate them to foster children. Or you can do it yourself.
Bras
Don’t toss out that old bra when it’s done supporting you, recycle it.
Crocs
You can donate your Crocs, (or someone else's) to Soles4Souls.
Used motor oil
If you do your oil changes at home, take your oil to an oil-change facility to be recycled.
Christmas lights
Home improvement stores might let you exchange them.
Ink/toner cartridges
Many places will take back old cartridges you no longer use for a price.
Trophies
Wine corks
Sex toys
Low-energy light bulbs
Ikea will take back all those old low-energy bulbs you don’t know what to do with.
Crayons
Donate old crayons. Believe it or not, they can be made into brand new crayons.
Toothbrushes
Brita water filters
Preserve, a company that creates products from 100% recyclable materials, will recycle the plastic of old Brita filters for you.
VHS tapes
Still have VHS tapes laying around but nothing to play them with? GreenDisk will take care of them for you.
Keys
Key For Hope collect old metal keys and sell them to recycling centers. The money is then given to food banks.
Garden hoses
Greeting cards
I'm sure you can find some way to recycle greeting cards. This is a no brainer!
Running shoes
Donate them to Nike’s “reuse-a-shoe” program to be made into sporting surfaces.
Cosmetic packaging
Instead of throwing away those old cosmetic packages, some companies will take them back.
Pantyhose and tights
Pantyhose and tights can take up to 40 years to decompose. Donate them to be made into playground equipment.
