Reusing Plastic Water Bottles

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The three big "Rs" are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.  Reducing can be accomplished by consciously purchasing an eco-friendly, and keeping it to refill instead of buying new bottles.  As for recycling, almost every community has some type of curbside recycling, or local place you can take your used plastics.  The creativity really comes in to play with the third R, reuse.  Statistics say only about 20 percent of plastic water bottles are actually recycled.  which leaves about 80 percent in landfills or the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is an island of garbage that stretches for hundreds of miles in the Pacific Ocean. 

There are countless ideas for reuse that range from décor to function to gardening and much more.  You can keep your garden hydrated with a recycled water bottle lawn sprinkler, create a year round cutting garden for your kitchen with a recycle bottle indoor herb garden, or protect your iPod with a recycled water bottle iPod holder.  You can find directions and examples of all of these projects at http://goo.gl/2JrTzp. 

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Cradle to Cradle Recycling

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A common idea is that recycled material are often of lower quality than the materials from which they were made.  Twenty years ago a German Chemist, Michael Braungart developed a new approach to recycling, which is now called "Cradle to Cradle" or C2C after the book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things.  Their whole concept revolved around trying to make sure that materials chosen for the original product could be reused after the product has finished its useful life.  They were looking for products that maintain their quality when they are recycled.  By planning ahead they can increase the productivity of the disassembly of the product parts before they enter the recycling stage and retain quality.  For more information on the C2C process please visit: http://goo.gl/JHT3a2.

Boro-Wide Recycling encourages the use of reusable materials in all products.  Recycling is important to our planet and the people that inhabit it.  Like us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter for great recycling methods and tips. 

Vending Machine for Recycled Plastic T-shirts

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At New York Fashion Week, Plastics Make It Possible® unveiled a vending machine that dispenses limited edition designer T-shirt made with recycled plastics in exchange for recycling a plastic bottle.  This campaign is designed to show the public how their recyclables can be reused to create something totally different.  Using a plastic bottle as currency to buy a new T-shirt made from bottles just like it, really drives the point home.  This is also used to celebrate the growing role of recycled plastics in fashion during New York Fashion Week.  Plastics Make it Possible^® has partnered with New York fashion designer Allison Parris for the debut of the vending machine, which will be located south of Columbus Circle on 8th Ave between 57th and 58th streets in New York City from September 9-11.

The T-shirts feature an original design by Parris, who is one of the growing number of designers who have embraced recycled plastics as one of the new go-to materials for making stylish clothing and accessories.  For more information about the recycling campaign at New York Fashion Week please visit http://goo.gl/Yuj06O.

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Recycling Your Home!

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Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656

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Recycling your home when remodeling or rebuilding begins with a process called deconstruction, which is action of taking a home apart, instead of demolishing it.  Dismantling a home piece by piece allows you to save an reuse as many of the building components as possible.  Instead of bulldozing a house and adding to landfill waste, a trained crew can deconstruct a home, saving the materials which can be either donated or sold. 

To begin this process you must first locate a deconstruction expert in your community. Then you need to arrange an appraisal consultation, where the deconstruction company will come to your home and give an assessment of your home's value.  Your home will be deconstructed over a period of several days.  Finally the materials will be donated or sold.  Almost everything in a home can be salvaged except for the sheetrock and plaster.  The items that are typically salvaged include doors, windows, cabinets, lighting fixtures, framing lumber, plumbing fixtures, countertops, copper wiring, roofing materials, brick and flooring among other materials. The items can then be sold for your profit or donated to a non-profit company, you can then collect a tax deduction based on the value of the materials you donate. 

Recycling the raw materials of your home not only benefits the environment but also puts some money in your pocket.  For more information on deconstruction please visit http://goo.gl/2Pj2mC.
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Why Water Recycling is so Important

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Water not only makes up about 70 percent of the surface of our planet but also about 60 percent of our bodies.  It is safe to say that water is pretty important to us.  Recycling has usually referred to things like different types of metals and plastics, but water recycling has come a long way and is now being practiced all over the world from Melbourne, Australia to Anaheim California. 

Water Recycling uses high-tech membrane filters to turn municipal effluent into clean, safe drinking water.  The process starts by moving through filters that have tiny microscopic pores, then using ultraviolet light and common chemicals like chlorine to reclaim and reuse water.  The water is then put into a lake or an aquifer and later goes back into the municipal water system.  Water recycling can also occur with the use of man-made wetlands, by filtering water through hundreds of acres of native plants, which cleans the water through natural biological processes. 

It is no secret that our population has been steadily growing throughout history.  Which is why we must do all we can to conserve our natural resources.  Read more about the process on http://goo.gl/PkGzOS.

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NYC Takes Aim at Plastic Bags

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Empty plastic bags have become the tumbleweeds of the big cities.  Walking down any block in a big city you are likely to see a plastic bag floating around somewhere, whether it is on the sidewalk or maybe just above the traffic of the street.  Some people are very careless with where they dispose their garbage.  New York City has had enough and are beginning to take action against these eye sores.  A new bill has been announced that aims to rid the city of these floating bags.  Under the proposed legislation, retail and grocery stores will begin to charge customers at least 10 cents per plastic bag used.  The same charge will be levied on paper bags, but it was made clear the plastic bags are the main target.

Currently New Yorkers use 5.2 billion carryout bags per year, and the city spends about $10 million annually to transport 100,00 tons of plastic bags to landfills in other states.  This bill looks to encourage the use of reusable bags, to try and reduce the amount of plastic that is being littered and disposed of without recycling. 

For more information on the bill that is in progress please visit http://goo.gl/dvQ896.

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NYC's Recycle Everything Campaign

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New Yorkers already take a progressive approach toward recycling.  It is a task that is taken very seriously, especially in NYC.  There is always room to improve on our efforts, which is why Mayor Bloomberg is implementing the first major recycling campaign in 20 years.  He is encouraging New Yorkers to "Recycle Everything" in an ad campaign that he has slapped on subways, buses, newsstands, in newspapers and magazines, online and on the radio.  This campaign follows the recent expansion of the City's curbside recycling program in April and the launch of organics collection pilots across the five boroughs.  This is all in an effort of the main goal to double the amount of waste that New Yorkers divert from landfills by 2017.  Reaching this goal has added incentive, which will save taxpayers at least $60 million.

For your residential or commercial waste removal and recycling needs that cannot be picked up for curbside collection, contact Boro-Wide Recycling at 718-416-1656

For More information on the campaign please visit http://goo.gl/8P9JoE