Lifestyle Archives - RecycleNation https://recyclenation.com/category/lifestyle/ Search. Find. Recycle. Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:14:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 How to Recycle Items That Aren’t Accepted In Your Blue Bin https://recyclenation.com/2023/02/how-to-recycle-items-that-arent-accepted-in-your-blue-bin/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:10:05 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014659 When an item in your blue bin shouldn’t be in that bin, two things happen. First, improperly recycled items can damage the recycling equipment. Second, workers have to remove the incorrectly recycled items and move them to trash bins to be hauled to the landfill, which raises operating costs.Items that are typically accepted in blue […]

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]]> Halloween Candy Wrappers Are Hard to Recycle! https://recyclenation.com/2022/11/halloween-candy-wrappers-are-hard-to-recycle/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:40:51 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014632 An estimated 600 million pounds of Halloween candy was handed out on October 31st. Each miniature or full-size candy is individually wrapped in a plastic wrapper. While that small wrapper may seem insignificant to you, add them all up. 600 million candy wrappers, plus the plastic bags they come in and the plastic bags some […]

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]]> Ten Unusual Places Where Researchers Have Found Microplastics https://recyclenation.com/2021/07/ten-unusual-places-where-researchers-have-found-microplastics/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:39:11 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014543 Any plastic piece that’s less than five millimeters in length is known as microplastic. To better understand how tiny these pieces are, a grain of rice is a little larger. It’s about the size of a pencil eraser.Microplastics come from plastic that’s not recycled and breaks down. Small fragments chip or flake off as the […]

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]]> Products and Tips That Help You Reduce Waste While Grocery Shopping https://recyclenation.com/2021/06/products-and-tips-that-help-you-reduce-waste-while-grocery-shopping/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:16:22 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014527 Think about the last time you went grocery shopping. Starting with the produce section, you probably ended up with several plastic bags that contained your potatoes, some fruit, the cauliflower you needed, and your onions. Continuing to the meat and seafood area, you have more plastic and styrofoam. Even if you buy from the butcher or […]

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]]> How Are Bed in the Box Mattresses Recycled? https://recyclenation.com/2021/02/how-are-bed-in-the-box-mattresses-recycled/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:29:32 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014494 According to the non-profit Mattress Recycling Council, every year Americans dispose of more than 1.5 million mattresses. Some of the components in a mattress can be recycled, yet few states actually have laws in place.Take a look back at mattresses over the centuries. People used to sleep on piles of straw, leaves, wool, or hay […]

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]]> Cost-Effective DIY Projects to Teach Your Kids About Sustainability https://recyclenation.com/2020/11/cost-effective-diy-projects-to-teach-your-kids-about-sustainability/ Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:22:27 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014471 Sustainability is a process where you avoid depleting natural resources while creating something new. It’s based on three foundations: people, planet, and profit. The profit aspect may not be something your children will comprehend beyond the basics at this point, but they will be able to understand how sustainability is designed to help people and […]

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]]> Unique Ways to Reuse Your Trash and Old Items https://recyclenation.com/2020/07/unique-ways-to-reuse-your-trash-and-old-items/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:41:00 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014300 Did you know that per EPA reports, Americans throw away 267.8 million tons of waste each day? It breaks down to just over 4.5 pounds per person each day. Of that waste, about 10% is composted, some is burned for energy, and the rest sits in the landfill where it slowly breaks down. Reusing trash […]

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]]> Turn any Reusable Bottle into a Smart Bottle https://recyclenation.com/2020/05/turn-any-reusable-bottle-into-a-smart-bottle/ Fri, 29 May 2020 19:00:25 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014189 What if we could give someone else a cup of clean water while staying hydrated?

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]]> How to Throw an Eco-Fabulous Party https://recyclenation.com/2020/02/how-to-throw-an-eco-fabulous-party/ Sat, 08 Feb 2020 20:00:27 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014180 There’s nothing worse than disposable plates and utensils stuffed into your garbage bin at the end of a wonderful party except maybe plates of uneaten, wasted food.

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]]> 5 Creative Ways to Recycle Your Old Linens https://recyclenation.com/2020/01/5-creative-ways-to-recycle-your-old-linens/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:00:35 +0000 https://recyclenation.com/?p=1014176 We all have them, linens that we haven’t used in forever.

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