The Recycling Corner
HOW YOU CAN HELP PROTECT AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT
- USE REFILLABLE CUPS INSTEAD OF DISPOSABLES
- REPAIR LEAKS IN FAUCETS
- UNPLUG APPLIANCES WHEN THEY'RE NOT ON USE
- SHOP WITH REUSABLE CANVAS BAGS
- RECYCLE NEWSPAPERS, BOTTLES, PLASTICS and CANS
- TURN THE LIGHTS OFF WHEN YOU LEAVE A ROOM
- SAVE WATER, SAVE ENERGY, REDUCE WASTE
- SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR MEASURES TO REDUCE POLLUTION
CAPS RECYCLING PROGRAM – A CALL TO ACTION
Did you know that when bottles are recycled, their caps cannot be processed by recycling machinery? The caps are cut off and often discarded as litter or trash, ending up in landfills and beaches or migrating into our rivers and oceans. The result is tragic: birds and other marine creatures such as turtles, fish and penguins, often mistake the colorful caps for food. Animals either choke on the caps or ingest them resulting in malnutrition or often death. Aveda, a beauty industry company has set an example for environmental leadership and responsibility by recycling plastic caps into their packaging containers for their beauty products. We will be collecting SCREW-ON TYPE PLASTIC CAPS (must be screw-on and not snap-on lids) at the general meeting and November study group on the environment that will be donated to the Aveda Caps Recycling Program. Examples of screw-on caps are the tops of soda, water, and juice bottles; shampoo, detergent, medicine and vitamin containers.