Recycling+Tips

====Our landfills are accumulating about 2 to 5 pounds for every person each and every day. Now if you look at, as of May, the world population is just above 6.6 billion persons. That makes an addition of 4.4 to 11 billion pounds to landfills every day. Those numbers are outrageous! We can all do our part to stop the landfills from filling up so fast by recycling materials that we would normally throw away. Here's some friendly recycling tips to help the environment and make your everyday life more green:====

__Paper__
Recycling one ton of paper typically saves about 6.7 cubic yards of landfill space. Just so you get an idea, a cubic yard of stacked school paper weighs about 380 pounds.

1.) Use both sides of a piece of paper. You would be surprised at how many people actually don't use both sides.

2.) Share your newspapers and magazines with your friends and neighbors.

3.) Next time you walk over to the garbage, make the right choice and throw your used paper in the recycling box instead.

__Bottles and Cans__
I'm sure many of you recycle your cans, just because you make a buck or two, but those aren't the only cans that can be recycled. 1.) Milk jugs don't degrade in landfills. That means that once their there they don't leave. So why not recycle them. Here's [|35 ways to recycle a milk jug].

2.) Fill your old plastic containers with ice and freeze them. They are great for keeping things cold while your on a long trip.

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__Clothes__
1.) Use old clothes for rags.

2.) Hand-me-downs is an easy way to save money on buying you kids clothes.

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4.) Old socks make great dog toys.

5.) Give away you baby's clothing to new mothers who need them.

__Bags__
1.) Use tupperware instead of plastic baggies.

2.) Use the plastic bags you get from the grocery store as liners for your trash bins.

3.) Use the paper grocery bags as covers for text books. And for the prep kids, you can use your American Eagle and Hollister bags for this also.

If you didn't find what you were looking for on here, go to the [|Recycling Database] because I'm sure they'll have it.