Monday, while vowing to follow through with twenty-tens resolutions, I also promised some ideas for on recycle centers for the home! Today, after recovering from some technical difficulties regarding my server, I come to you late in the day with a post fulfilling my promise! So you can either read through over a glass of wine or your morning coffee. Either way I hope you are inspired!
Here are a few facts before we get started with the fun design ideas:
1.Each person creates 4.7 pounds of waste everyday.
2. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours — or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline.
3. Approximately 1 billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the U.S.
4. Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! Most of them are thrown away!
5. A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years or more to decompose — and even longer if it’s in the landfill.
For more information, please visit Recycling Revolution, EPA.gov, and Recycling Facts
Now, Some Solutions!
I love these old produce crates converted into recycling bins. The chalkboards add a fun element and the addition of the wheels make these bins totally functional!
If you don’t have access to old produce crates, you can purchase some Wooden wastebaskets, like the one seen here from trashcans unlimited. I love the idea of painting them to coordinate with whatever room your recylcling station ends up!
If you are not to keen on the idea of displaying your recycle station out in public, or are just short on space, There are options like this is a rotary recycling center from organizeit.com or pull-out bins from Simple Human that can easily be added to your existing cabinetry.
If you are looking for a basic, stainless floor model, here are two good options. The first is from Simple Human, which gives you two interior bins in one and organizeit offers a three compartment bin that is a little more cost effective.
Here are some additional images as well!
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Let me know your thoughts~ I would love to hear!
Do you have any other great recycling ideas not listed? What do you currently have for a system in place in your home?