Comments on: Want to Know Where to Recycle Your Bottle Caps? http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/ Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rosemary Daniell http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-34323 Rosemary Daniell Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:29:46 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-34323 Help-Please help! I have been collecting bottle tops for some years.When our local collection point here in Teignmouth, S Devon UK stopped I took them to our friends [linked to Secours Catholic]in Casteljaloux France where they went 'to help provide wheelchairs for handicapped children'. Now they too no longer use them. I regularly receive carrier bags full from our church members. Do I now have to tell them to throw them in their bins. Surely that too cannot be a HOAX like 'caps for cancer' Sometimes it is so difficult to do the right thing. Good luck to you all.Rosemary Help-Please help! I have been collecting bottle tops for some years.When our local collection point here in Teignmouth, S Devon UK stopped I took them to our friends [linked to Secours Catholic]in Casteljaloux France where they went ‘to help provide wheelchairs for handicapped children’. Now they too no longer use them. I regularly receive carrier bags full from our church members. Do I now have to tell them to throw them in their bins. Surely that too cannot be a HOAX like ‘caps for cancer’ Sometimes it is so difficult to do the right thing. Good luck to you all.Rosemary

]]> By: Stephanie http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-34053 Stephanie Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:18:10 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-34053 As the art teacher in an elementary school we are huge into recycling. I am in the midst of an art unit on reuse, recycle, reinvent...and would love any bottlecaps you would like to send our way. I'm also looking for lids (from containers) in any color or size. Please contact me if interested. Thanks! As the art teacher in an elementary school we are huge into recycling. I am in the midst of an art unit on reuse, recycle, reinvent…and would love any bottlecaps you would like to send our way. I’m also looking for lids (from containers) in any color or size. Please contact me if interested. Thanks!

]]> By: Brooke B http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-33990 Brooke B Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:13:38 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-33990 So are the plastic caps on 20 oz soda bottles # 5's? People at work collect them for the "reward points", & after they are done throw about 20 away at once. I would love to be able to start a collection bin at work & drop them off at Whole Foods myself as it is closer to me than an Aveda salon. So, just to clarify, are Coke caps #5? So are the plastic caps on 20 oz soda bottles # 5’s? People at work collect them for the “reward points”, & after they are done throw about 20 away at once. I would love to be able to start a collection bin at work & drop them off at Whole Foods myself as it is closer to me than an Aveda salon. So, just to clarify, are Coke caps #5?

]]> By: keith opalinski http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-33873 keith opalinski Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:05:11 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-33873 im looking to do artwork with bottle caps, so if anyone would like to donate them to me i would be more then greatful im looking to do artwork with bottle caps, so if anyone would like to donate them to me i would be more then greatful

]]> By: Aaron http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-33859 Aaron Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:57:58 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-33859 Someone should make a sheet we can print off an hang by a box to collect these. Something with pictures of acceptable items, maybe a list, maybe the symbols that have a 5 in them so we know the difference, maybe a list of items that cannot go in there, and maybe the reason why we are seperating the caps from the bottles................ I might work on that, but don't know how to share it with others. Someone should make a sheet we can print off an hang by a box to collect these. Something with pictures of acceptable items, maybe a list, maybe the symbols that have a 5 in them so we know the difference, maybe a list of items that cannot go in there, and maybe the reason why we are seperating the caps from the bottles…………….

I might work on that, but don’t know how to share it with others.

]]> By: JT http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-33757 JT Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:19:10 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-33757 I'm in San Diego, CA - are there any real simple answers instead of going from website to website on recycling plastic water bottles? So far I learned "no caps". Do I have to take the wrappers off the bottles? Do I need to separate the clear from the colored? I would think so. Would I receive the 5 cents per bottle or do I get paid by weight? How much do I need to have for the recycler to take them? I want to start recycling even tho I really don't have the room where I live. I’m in San Diego, CA – are there any real simple answers instead of going from website to website on recycling plastic water bottles?
So far I learned “no caps”.
Do I have to take the wrappers off the bottles?
Do I need to separate the clear from the colored? I would think so.
Would I receive the 5 cents per bottle or do I get paid by weight?
How much do I need to have for the recycler to take them?
I want to start recycling even tho I really don’t have the room where I live.

]]> By: jodie http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-33459 jodie Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:42:18 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-33459 Hi, my family just got word about the caps for cancer and have started collecting caps, however after research, the cancer society has released a statement that this is a HOAX. please check into this i would hate to crush the dreams of a cancer patient so please research this. Hi, my family just got word about the caps for cancer and have started collecting caps, however after research, the cancer society has released a statement that this is a HOAX. please check into this i would hate to crush the dreams of a cancer patient so please research this.

]]> By: Donna http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-32119 Donna Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:59:56 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-32119 My school is interested in collecting bottle caps, but a Middle School would like to do it for a reason, like get supplies for the school, etc. Is there anyone that sponsors recycling programs for schools? My school is interested in collecting bottle caps, but a Middle School would like to do it for a reason, like get supplies for the school, etc. Is there anyone that sponsors recycling programs for schools?

]]> By: Rhonda http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-30564 Rhonda Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:24:34 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-30564 You can use the plastic caps for drainage fill in plant containers. You can also check out this site for more suggestions: http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20070709/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-bottle-caps. You can use the plastic caps for drainage fill in plant containers. You can also check out this site for more suggestions: http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20070709/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-bottle-caps.

]]> By: Emily http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/07/want-to-know-where-to-recycle-your-bottle-caps/comment-page-1/#comment-30202 Emily Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:13:44 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=11303#comment-30202 Dawn: go here: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MED/content/MED_6_1x_Bottle_Caps_for_Chemo.asp it's a sad truth, i collected bottle caps for my gym and now I don't know where they go! Perhaps you could give your collection to the art classes at your school and they could use them in a project or sculpture of some kind. Dawn:
go here: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MED/content/MED_6_1x_Bottle_Caps_for_Chemo.asp
it’s a sad truth, i collected bottle caps for my gym and now I don’t know where they go! Perhaps you could give your collection to the art classes at your school and they could use them in a project or sculpture of some kind.

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