Sentences with phrase «in old plastic bottles»

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In fact, it's been noted that constant sterilization via boiling can cause older plastic bottles to leach out BPA quicker.

Chobanian reasons that the country has become accustomed to recycling and reusing old newspapers, pop cans and bottles, plastic shopping bags, tires, motor oil and, in some places, waste water from toilets.

Dirty old gum wrappers, plastic bottles, and plastic spoons litter the grounds of the park that sits in the parking lot of the Westchester County Center in White Plains.

Far from looking like a tired old deodorant stick, this stylish spray bottle is a deep black with sparkling components in the plastic.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

Sixteen - year - old Kiera Wilmot of Bartow High School wanted to see what would happen when she combined several household products in a plastic bottle...

Keep your car clean and organized with easy food storage tricks, like keeping celery or pretzels in a half - empty jar of peanut butter, putting dry snacks in old coffee creamer bottles, and using a plastic cereal container as a small trashcan.

We returned home at night, carrying bits of the old city back with us in plastic bags filled with roasted almonds and Turkish delight, in the green - glass bottle of jasmine attar Masa had bought for Masi from a local perfumery.

Swapping boardies and flip flops for boots and gloves in sweltering heat they climb over the landfill, across old tin cans, building materials, bottles, plastic and everything you could possibly ever imagine in our disposable culture, looking for our target recyclable material — glass.

Old plastic bottles might seem pretty useless, but communities living in poverty are using them to make their everyday lives much better.

These sites ironically repurposed old plastic soda bottles to aid in the production of luxury goods.

We especially like the refill that comes in an old Heineken beer bottle, although the plastic bottles would have a much lower impact during transportation due to the lower weight.

Take away my plastic water bottles & we'll need more water fountains & fix some nasty old plumbing in many cities.

That is, until TreeHugger emeritus Ruben Anderson gave me a slap upside the head with his article in the Tyee,» New Wine in Old Bottles», pointing out that it is just like the paper or plastic issue: the correct green answer is that neither new glass or tetrapak is green, reuse and refilling is.

I've been up in our loft laying glass fibre - made of old plastic bottles.

From your recycling bin: • two 2L pop bottles (I used Coke Zero) • mouth was bottle • two shampoo or conditioner bottles (plastic deodorant containers may work too) • round plastic dip or spread container • thin cardboard from cereal boxes or something similar • paper towel tube From the thrift store or the back of your closet: • old purse with brown faux - leather straps From the craft store, hardware store or your supply cabinet: • scissors and x-acto knife • glue gun and glue sticks • white glue • masking tape • wire • spray primer • spackling paste • silver spray paint • craft paint in bronze, pewter and black • paint brushes

Walk down the street in urban China clutching an empty water bottle (necessary of course due to water quality and bad plumbing) and in no time an old lady will show up seemingly out of nowhere, hands and eyes hungrily intent on taking your plastic.

Using 1,500 recycled bottles, this new parking canopy in Lincoln, Nebraska, shows that old plastic bottles can still impart a fresh aesthetic.

For example, the following most recent photo (below) shows Watson in another gown made from recycled polyester via old plastic bottles, made in an Italian factory with a fully transparent supply chain.