How Recycling Works…

November 21st, 2008 - Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese

I’m too young to know a world without recycling. But I don’t REALLY know how they do it. Turning garbage into reusable materials still seems alien to me.

In this YouTube series, RecycleBank breaks it down. From paper to plastic and everything in between, take a look:

So next time you bail that newspaper and put out the blue bins, just think of the amazing journey your trash is about to take!

Via TreeHugger.

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2 Responses to “How Recycling Works…”

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