Have you ever thought of doing something different with your recyclable items? One of the best and most creative ways to recycle is to turn old materials into craft projects. According to Craftzine.com, plastic bags serve as wonderful craft materials. The Web site offers lessons on turning your unwanted grocery bags into plastic yarn and ways in which to fuse the bags together to create reusable totes.
Try to come up with your own ways to turn "trash into treasure." You could cut up old magazines to send fun letters to friends, grow your own herbs in used plastic cups, make wind chimes out of empty soda cans or use newspapers for paper mache projects. The possibilities are endless!
Want to teach your friends about recycling? Here's a challenge: for one year, get a group of friends together and decide on giving recycled crafts as birthday gifts instead of traditional presents. This will keep every one's creative juices flowing while helping the environment and saving some dough.
Remember, as Captain Planet says, "Reduce, REUSE, Recycle!"
Monday, February 25, 2008
"Re-use it or Lose it!"
How would you like to win $5,000 just for having a green, I mean great, idea? Well now is your chance because Planet Smoothie has decided to award one lucky person $5K and free smoothies for a year to come up with the most sustainable and environmentally friendly solution to recycling or eliminating polystyrene ("re-use it or lose it") from the waste stream. It could be an alternative cup material that easily breaks down or a method of re-using polystyrene cups (insulation for arctic gear, perhaps?).
Even though Polystyrene is an excellent recycled material, it is not the easiest and most energy-efficient to recycle when you're done with it. Planet Smoothie currently uses polystyrene for its containers or offers a re-usable container, Mac Daddy Mug, to keep their products cold. However, Planet Smoothie does not like the environmental effects of polystyrene, so they've launched this contest in search of a solution.
All solutions are due by September 30, 2008.
To be considered, submissions must include the following:
1.) Name, affiliation (if applicable), mailing address, email, age (you must be at least 18), contact information
2.) 250-word description of your proposed solution and why you think it's a solution to polystyrene (without disclosing future patent secrets)
3.) A photo of you with your solution.
You can view all the contest guidelines and apply online at Planet Smoothie's official contestant Web site.
Even though Polystyrene is an excellent recycled material, it is not the easiest and most energy-efficient to recycle when you're done with it. Planet Smoothie currently uses polystyrene for its containers or offers a re-usable container, Mac Daddy Mug, to keep their products cold. However, Planet Smoothie does not like the environmental effects of polystyrene, so they've launched this contest in search of a solution.
All solutions are due by September 30, 2008.
To be considered, submissions must include the following:
1.) Name, affiliation (if applicable), mailing address, email, age (you must be at least 18), contact information
2.) 250-word description of your proposed solution and why you think it's a solution to polystyrene (without disclosing future patent secrets)
3.) A photo of you with your solution.
You can view all the contest guidelines and apply online at Planet Smoothie's official contestant Web site.
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