[OKRA] recycling links

[Judith Wilkins]

These links are for consideration to be sent to the recycling listserv.

http://www.npr.org/2015/07/17/421211023/reduce-reuse-remove-the-cellophane-recycling-demystified
This article explains why it is preferred to recycle plastic bag items at the retail store bins and not in the curbside recycling.

Regarding what recyclable plastic film is: Pure polyethylene is what is accepted. If it tears, it's not polyethylene. Polyethylene "stretches". A good resource is http://www.plasticfilmrecycling.org/

Recycled plastic film items get made into benches, decking, new plastic bags, etc.


http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/06/11/190668206/how-a-used-bottle-becomes-a-new-bottle-in-6-gifs
This is an interesting article with embedded video clips about how recycled glass gets made into glass.


Judith Wilkins

Judith Wilkins
Environmental Projects Coordinator
Water Quality Division
Oklahoma Conservation Commission
4545 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 11A
OKC   OK    73105
405/522-4732, 405/522-4770 fax
judith.wilkins at conservation.ok.gov<mailto:judith.wilkins at conservation.ok.gov>

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it attached to everything else in the universe."
                                                                                                                                                John Muir

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