RSS2 Liter Water Bottle Recycling
Here are 8 ways to recycle the common 2 liter plastic soda bottle. Did you know...Americans throw away 2 million plastic bottles an hour. We throw away about 868 million pounds of it annually (about 75% of what's produced). That's an estimated $130,000,000 worth of plastic!
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Posted by KipKay |
Apr 22, 2008 06:00 AM
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| Posted by: Kacey3 on April 22, 2008 at 6:42 AM |
Or do like me and just don't buy them... soda is pretty evil regardless of its container.
| Posted by: AW on April 22, 2008 at 7:14 AM |
There is exactly 1 way of recycling plastic bottles, and it wasn't in the video. They showed 8 ways to "reuse" it instead.
Remember:
Reduce - if you don't buy junk, you won't have to throw it in a landfill
Reuse - if you do buy junk, try to think of a second purpose for it instead of throwing it in a landfill
Recycle - if the junk has no way to be reused, let it be made into new junk instead of throwing it in a landfill
Happy Earth Day.
| Posted by: Beerden on April 22, 2008 at 9:57 AM |
The part where the plastic bottle is used as a shield to target the weedy plant with pesticide spray is very ironic. How is chemical pesticide green?
I thought this video was supposed to promote saving the planet, not promote ecologically irresponsible behavior.
As usual, not everyone "gets" what being green is all about.
| Posted by: on April 22, 2008 at 10:23 AM |
Or just take it back to the grocery where they will give you 10 cents for it.
Cheers!
| Posted by: BigD145 on April 22, 2008 at 11:42 AM |
Plastic bottles can only be recycled once, which isn't very recyclable at all. Simply don't buy the damn things. There is are two flotillas in the Pacific with a combined surface area of the entire US and it's all plastic.
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Posted by: KipKay on April 22, 2008 at 12:28 PM |
@Beerden - What was sprayed was "Safer Soap" which is environmentally friendly and green. While it actually only kills bugs and not weeds, I was being "green" when I shot this.
| Posted by: Some dude on April 22, 2008 at 9:02 PM |
Awwww, come on man, you forgot some of the best uses of a 2-liter bottle:
1) The classic 2-bottle "tornado display"
2) A bottle (you can use it over and over ;-P)
3) A buoy of sorts
I dunno, the video was alright I guess. The goal was to promote reusing stuff, but still, some of the stuff was, well, less than creative... I mean, "cut the top off and make a funnel" seriously? I dunno, keep up the good work I guess.
| Posted by: Adam on April 23, 2008 at 2:49 AM |
it's quite sad that there is no recycling of (water ) plastic bottles in US. not for what i've seen.
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