Plastic trash for concrete blocks

On the whole I don’t approve of plastic recycling. Talk of recycling makes us feel good about our rubbish and diverts attention away from the real issue of our ever growing pile of plastic trash. However that said, there are some plastic recycling projects that make you go OOohh.

By mixing together ground-up plastic with cement and soil reclaimed from the brownfields, Miller was able to create a material just as strong as conventional concrete.

Read more: Plastic Concrete: Building Bricks Made From Landfill Waste | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World

 

Find more hot plastic recycling schemes here

Read more about the plastic recycling myth over here Flotsam Diaries

Want to cut down on more of your plastic rubbish? – find plastic free products with the A-Z plastic free index

 

Steel you can recycle

Because I try to avoid  plastic I have to buy a lot of cans which I then of course recycle. However there is debate about the plastic liners that you find in tins and jam jar lids. Can it go in with the steel? The answer seems to be yes.

Why you might ask am I prepared to use cans and recycle them but not plastic which I can also recycle. Because cans will rot in the end.

So here’s the list…

food cans ,

drinks cans,

pet food cans,

aerosols and household products such as

deodorants, polishes, cleaning products etc

paint cans

promotional packaging such as confectionery and spirits packaging,

caps and lids for food and drink containers

plastic lined tins – becoming more commen

plastic lined screw topped caps – nearly all of them

Plastic lined aluminium drinks containers

Burton America

Aluminum and Tin

Aluminum and Tin – Aluminum and tin food cans
(rinsed)
- Foil pie plates and food trays
(rinsed)
- Tin lids and can ends (rinsed)
- Lined cans OK
- Empty aerosol cans

can smart have this to say about Paint cans

Brush any leftover paint onto newspaper. Let it dry and then dispose of in your garbage bin.

Allow the paint left within can to dry thoroughly before sending it to be recycled.

York Council have this to say about lids

What should I do with jam jar lids?” Chuck them in with the tins

Join the pastic boycott and find lots of plastic free products with the >>>A-Z<<< plastic free index

The Green Dot

The Green Dot is a symbol used on packaging in many European countries. It signifies that the producer of the packaging has made a contribution towards the recycling of packaging – however we do not use this system in the UK.

The Green Dot is not used as a compliance mark in the UK, but it is still a trademark. Anyone who produces packaging with a Green Dot, which is then sold in the UK, must pay a UK licence fee through Valpak Ltd.

Please be aware the Green Dot does NOT mean that the packaging can be recycled

Taken from recycle – more For more  on this and other international packaging signs check thise site out.

Recycling

check out the national recycling awards – they are coolio