The Magic Makeover
Ready to show off your magical skills? Hover over each bottle below, say “Hocus Pocus!”, and watch what it could become after being recycled!
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Detergent Bottle
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Playground Equipment
Old detergent bottles can be recycled into durable plastic lumber used to build playground equipment that lasts for decades!
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Soda Bottle
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Backpack
Recycled soda bottles are turned into polyester fiber, which is then woven into fabric for backpacks, jackets, and more!
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Milk Jug
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Snowboard
Recycled milk jugs provide the high-density polyethylene used in snowboard bases and other sporting equipment!
Did You Know?
It takes a lot of bottles to make all those cool things — over 85 bottles are needed to make the filling for a sleeping bag! That's just one reason you should add a little magic to your day and be sure to recycle everything you can, every time you can!
More Amazing Recycling Facts
- ●Recycled plastic bottles can be turned into fleece jackets, carpet, park benches, and even new bottles.
- ●About 25 recycled plastic bottles can be used to make one adult-sized fleece jacket.
- ●Recycling one ton of plastic saves approximately 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space.
- ●The energy saved by recycling one plastic bottle can power a computer for 25 minutes.