Unusual Recyclables

I hate waste. I try to compost, recycle and reuse everything I can, but I often have items I just have to trash. Don't judge - I recently threw away the last shirt I had from high school. No, it wasn't neon and yes, I got my money's worth.

Bet you never knew you could recycle these items:

• Brita Water Filters - Preserve Products takes the plastic casing and turns them into toothbrushes.
• Carpeting (nylon) - Carpet Recovery can put you in touch with a carpet-reclamation facility near you.
• Crayons - Crayon Recycle Program makes whole multi-colored and solid crayons from stubs.
• Denim - Blue Jeans Go Green turns denim into environmentally safe insulation.
• Greeting Cards - St. Jude's Ranch for Children creates new cards from the old ones and sells them to fund programs to support abused, neglected and homesless children.
• Inhalers - Complete the Cycle breaks down inhalers to reuse the aluminum and plastic.
• Juice Pouches - TerraCycle will turn these otherwise non-recyclabes into purses and tote bags.
• Keys - Key for Hope collects old keys to see as scrap and uses the money to stock food pantries.
• Pantyhose - No Nonsense recycles pantyhose and tights into things like toys, carpet and playground equipment.
• Sneakers - Reuse-a-Shoe takes old running shoes and turns them into court surfacing.
• VHS Cassettes - GreenDisk dismantles and shreds the tapes and turns them into other items.

Items that you are done might be useful for someone else. It's pretty easy to find organizations who will take your items and donate them to other folks who may need them, like hearing aids, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, etc. The Freecycle Network is another way to reuse items. Volunteers in each zip code connect people giving and needing stuff in their area.

Spend just a minute to find out where your item can find new life. It's really just a matter of changing your habits to think about extending the usefulness of products instead of adding to the landfills.

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