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Update: May 2019
“The plastic ring left around the neck of a bottle is commonly called a tamper evident band (commonly in the packaging industry).“
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Precious Plastic: A project by Dave Hakkens
Precious Plastic developed DIY machines that enable everyone to build a little plastic workshop. A plan that will allow people, anywhere in the world to transform plastic waste into valuable things.
Limits to recycling by The Fuse School
“Learn the basics about the limits to recycling. Yes, there can be limits to recycling, depending on which materials can or cannot be recyclable, on its cost and how involved society is.”
Originally posted by Pioneering the Simple Life
“These clips might also make their appearance on produce bags. Some call them bag clips, others bag tags. They’re made of hard plastic and as of yet we know no community that accepts them for recycling. If yours does, please let us know in the comments section below.“
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An alternative to recycling is upcycling, or reusing materials and things you would have otherwise thrown away. This gives a new life and a new use to things without requiring any extra resorting or processing.
The team at Personal Creations made a graphic showing how you can upcycle items around the home to keep it out of the garbage. There are 40 ideas overall and there’s inspiration and examples for different materials you commonly have at home.
So the next time you’re headed to the trash or recycle bin check out this graphic and think about if there’s a good use you could put that item to first:
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