Buy It Recycled

Hello readers,

Another day in paradise. Hope everyone had a good weekend. For this week’s post I wanted to write about products I didn’t know could be recycled. I hit the jackpot because I found a website that displays various products and people can buy them. Now I could be a little out of date here, because before creating this blog the only things I knew that were recyclable were cans, bottles, and pizza boxes.

The overall site is:

http://www.ecomall.com/biz/recycle1.htm

I searched through it and the list of recyclable materials people can buy, to say the least, surprised me. I hope I’m not going to be one of those people who promote these products just so people would buy them, but I do want to reveal the ones that shocked me most to the point where I said, “Those things are actually recyclable?”

The only time I’ve “recycled” a bag of any kind is reusing a Ziploc bag for traveling. I put my toothbrush, toothpaste and deodorant in it and after I’d return from a trip, I would keep it around to use for the next vacation. On this website there’s a product called Bag-E-Wash (http://www.bag-e-wash.com/). It is a little appliance someone can put in the dishwasher to clean plastic bags and reuse them. I know people who use Ziploc bags to put a sandwich in and afterwards, reuse it for storing fruit. I can understand rinsing it out, but I’ve never heard of cleaning a bag in a dishwasher in order for it to be reusable. I thought that was an interesting tool.

Another site I found interesting had products from shoes to mattresses. This was the ultimate site for me in discovering what recyclable and earth friendly materials can be. The site is:

http://www.earthfriendlygoods.com/

I browsed through clothing, furniture, and accessories and there was a lot more. I was amazed how much was presented. It was one big department store online. The site also presented shoes and pet accessories like leashes and toys. I thought that was funny. The site explained a bit about the online store and how it grew just from people spreading the word.

This last site is:

http://www.chopstickart.com/information.php?info_id=2

I wanted to mention this site because the products here came from recycled chopsticks. The highlighted materials were necklaces, baskets and lamps. I’ve seen little ornaments made out of chopsticks at the Fourth Avenue Street Fair and a few times at The Tanque Verde Swap Meet but I never thought of them being made from recyclable ones. On the mission statement or “About Us” section, the idea is plain and simple that chopsticks people used in restaurants were thoroughly cleaned, sanitized and finally used for different creations. It is called Kwytza Kraft.

Hope you enjoy checking out the overall site. There is so much more. I’ll never look at recycling the same again after seeing all the ideas out there. Talk to you all next week.