Many cities have recycling programs for glass, plastic, paper and cardboard. But what about things like batteries, CDs and old shoes?
Yahoo! News recently spotlighted some companies that you can mail your used bric-a-brac to, content that they will be disposed of responsibly.
For example, since 1990, Nike has collected some 22 million used athletic shoes. They are ground up and used to make athletic fields. Pretty cool, huh? I wonder how many trees were cut down to make room for said athletic field.
Any recycling is a good thing, but if this takes off, won't the fuel needed to transport all this one-man's-waste-another's-treasure offset the benefits?
Always a Catch-22 no matter where you look.
Yahoo! News recently spotlighted some companies that you can mail your used bric-a-brac to, content that they will be disposed of responsibly.
For example, since 1990, Nike has collected some 22 million used athletic shoes. They are ground up and used to make athletic fields. Pretty cool, huh? I wonder how many trees were cut down to make room for said athletic field.
Any recycling is a good thing, but if this takes off, won't the fuel needed to transport all this one-man's-waste-another's-treasure offset the benefits?
Always a Catch-22 no matter where you look.
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