RECYCLING BOTTLE CAPS POSSIBLE NOW!

This is very exciting-another giant step in recycling.

In talking with MANYfriends and acquaintances, I have found that many attach caps to bottles put in to be recycled, while others throw the caps in separately. Up until now, we have not had the option of recycling plastic caps.  Until now, the caps ended up in the garbage, on the beach or in the landfill.
  

Did you know? The majority of plastic bottle caps do not get recycled. Often, these plastic caps end up as litter in landfill and on streets and beaches, migrating into waterways. Birds and marine life mistake them for food with tragic results. The magnitude of this pollution problem is devastating. 

Bottles we recycle often become trash simply because they still have a cap. During recycling, caps are sorted from the bottles and discarded as garbage. If a cap does not come off a bottle during compression, the bottle is discarded.

What can you do?   Collect caps from water bottles, shampoo containers, detergent, etc.  Aveda will recycle them into new caps for their products. This is the first company that I am aware of, that is taking this active step to recycle plastic caps.  You can collect them through your town, school, church, garden club, library or business. Talk to your municipal recycling coordinator and get a collection barrel at your recycling center. 

Visit http://www.ecosceneinc.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/10/13/Introducing-Ecoscene-TV to see how you can recycle those bottle caps. 

Though a cap is small, your collection can make a huge difference.

WORKING TOGETHER, IMAGINE WHAT WE CAN DO!

Wini Applegate,

NGC Environmental Studies School Chairman