Photo by dotpolkaYou want to do your bit to save the planet, and every good effort begins at home. If you recycle your own waste, then buying recycled products brings it full circle. Try these household recycled products:
Trash in, trash out-in biodegradable plastic trash bags. We’ve all been worrying about old-fashioned garbage bags cluttering up our landfills for the next thousand years, and now there is a solution. You can find these available from several different companies. One of them advertises their product is made from 40% recycled plastic plus a proprietary organic so-called nutrient synthesized with the plastic. Another company comes right out and says they use corn, GMO-free starch, and other organic products bonded with biodegradable polymers. They cost around fifty cents per yard-size bag, depending on how many you buy. Cool.
This one is simple and cheap, man! Start recycling, recharging, and reusing your batteries. Most people don’t realize that standard alkaline batteries contain mercury, which poisons the earth, and nickel cadmium batteries contain-well, cadmium. The good earth is not helped by these toxins. Your initial outlay is to buy the recharger plus the rechargeable batteries, but think of these stats: If each person in your household uses 14.7 batteries per year, as experts estimate, and four people live under your (hopefully) elastomeric-coated roof, then you are going through 58.8 batteries per year.
Recycle the Sun to light up your nights-with a portable solar lamp that goes everywhere with you. While you’re outside doing yard work or composting, tote this lightweight little fella outside with you and charge it up. After the cows come home and you’re sitting outside enjoying the night air, or if you have some late-night work to do and you need small light placement for your task, this will give you more than six hours of light. Some of them come with features like built-in radio and AC adaptor for recharging indoors.
Fido doesn’t know it, but he’s really gonna love the recycled products for pets. Equip him with food and water dishes made from recycled soda pop bottles. You can also buy recycled leather leashes, or make him happy with a hemp collar. He’ll lay back big time in recycled poly fiber bedding that’s hypoallergenic; the casing comes off for machine washing.
When you’re undertaking household remodeling projects, buy recycled wood products. You can find wood flooring, parts to erect stairs, faux beams, wood shelving, and more, all made from recycled or reclaimed wood. Many manufacturers advertise the extra care they put into workmanship, and it’s possible to match your vents and trim while you’re at it. Besides recycling something that you can use in your home, these companies employ green methods for preparation and shipping, too.
Most recycled windows are the stained or leaded glass type. You can also buy recycled wood frames, aluminum, sashes, shutters, wooden blinds, and accessories. It’s the trend these days to reach for something that’s already been out in the world and put it back into use, and while you’re at it you’ll save a huge percentage of your heating and cooling costs.
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