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 Select products made from recycled materials
- Look for items in packages and containers made of recycled
materials. Many bottles, cans, paper wrappings, bags,
cereal boxes and other cartons and packages are made from
recycled materials.
- Use products with recycled content whenever you can.
For instance, many paper, glass, metal and plastic products
contain recovered materials. Some examples are stationery,
wrapping paper, computer paper and many containers. Many
of these items are available at grocery, drug and other
retail stores.
- When checking products for recycled content, look for
a statement that recycled materials were used and, if
possible, choose the item with the largest percentage
of recycled content, if known.
- Encourage government agencies, local businesses and
others to purchase recycled products such as paper, refined
oil, and retreaded tires.
- Turn a giant cardboard box into a child's playhouse
Transform a plastic ice cream tub into a flowerpot.
- Give pet hamsters or gerbils paper towel and toilet
paper cardboard tubes with which to play. Use an egg carton
to plant seedlings.
- Turn used tires (not steel belted) into children's swings
or other playground equipment.
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