Welcome to Water Recycling Guide
Recycling House Water Article
. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
Unique Water Bottle Recycling Ideas
from:Water bottle recycling at a recycling center or curbside pickup is the ideal solution for disposing of plastic water bottles. However, in some areas there are no facilities available for water bottles that are made from certain types of plastics. In this case, people can either throw their bottles into the garbage and risk cluttering up already overflowing landfills or they can find creative uses for the water bottle, recycling them into a useful item.
Water bottle recycling can be as simple as refilling the bottle with water from the tap or a larger water bottle and reusing it for another day. Refilled water bottles can also be frozen and placed into lunch bags or coolers to help keep cold foods chilled. Care should be taken when refilling water bottles for reuse, however; as some types of water bottles contain dangerous chemicals that may leach into the water after too many uses.
There are many fun water bottle recycling projects that can be used to decorate the outside of your home. By cutting off the top portion of the bottle and threading string through the bottle, you can fill it with birdseed and create a birdfeeder for the feathered friends in your yard. Make a spinner by cutting curved lines in the side of the bottle, then bending the plastic out to create fins. Hang by the lid, then watch the wind catch the fins and spin the bottle in the breeze. Paint your creations to add an even more personal touch.
Indoors, unrecyclable water bottles can become many useful things. Make a cute candy dish by using the bottom third of a water bottle, covered with colored cellophane and decorated with ribbons or stick-on jewels. Paint the bottom of a cut-off water bottle, then use it as a votive candle holder. If you are into crafts, the bottom half of a plastic bottle makes a great reusable paint container or holder for tiny craft pieces. The more you think about it, the more places that you will find opportunities for water bottle recycling.
Of course if you take a bit more care when choosing a water bottle, recycling is as simple as dropping the empty bottle into a recycling bin or carrying your bottles out for curbside pickup. Every now and then, though, unrecyclable water bottles still may turn up in your travels. This is when you must use your imagination for water bottle recycling ideas. With a bit of creativity, those useless water bottles can have a new life and stay out of the landfill.
Recycling House Water Specific links
Recycling House Water News
STATE HOUSE NEWS: In new tack, Senator proposes ban on water bottles if not redeemable by 2013
Sen. Cynthia Creem thinks she has a solution to the long-stalled effort on Beacon Hill to expand the state’s bottle redemption law to include water: just ban water bottles altogether. Frustrated by the reluctance of House and Senate leadership to entertain an expansion to the state’s bottle redemption law, Creem, a Newton Democrat, filed an amendment to the Senate budget slated for debate ...
Read more...Update to bottle bill stuck in Senate
The debate over including non-carbonated drinks in the state's bottle bill continues on Beacon Hill. House speaker Robert DeLeo considers the proposal another tax but those who 22News spoke to in Hadley say it encourages recycling.
Read more...House rejects Bottle Bill update
A proposal to expand the state’s bottle recycling law to include water, sports drink and juice containers was quietly eliminated Wednesday as the House mashed together 90 energy and environment amendments to the state budget.
Read more...Gladstone revamps city garbage rates
GLADSTONE - The Gladstone City Commission has decided to change the way fees are charged for garbage and recycling pickup. In the past, the fees were based on a millage rates.
Read more...Students Learn About Recycling While Gardening
Students at Roosevelt Elementary in Great Falls are cleaning up the planet while doing a little gardening.
Read more...