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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Apr 22, 2008 06:00 AM
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Or do like me and just don't buy them... soda is pretty evil regardless of its container.
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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.
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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.
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Or just take it back to the grocery where they will give you 10 cents for it.
Cheers!
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Nice video KipKay.
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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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@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.
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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.
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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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you can also make it into all sorts of bongs
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i thought those were actually some pretty creative ideas but i still really prefer the idea of using reusable products. i've found a site that has nice products and SURPISINGLY great prices. (www.reduceeveryday.com ) Everything they offer is reusable; i got a set of their water bottles and i LOVE them and even better i never have to buy a plastic water bottle!
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