Recycline Company Gives Plastic a Second Chance
Then: An empty yogurt cup
Now: Your new lime-green toothbrush
Tomorrow: plastic lumber
Recycline, a company founded just over 10 years ago, is rapidly increasing its sales of personal-care and household items made from recycled plastic, according to the New York Times.
The products, sold under the brand Preserve, range from toothbrushes to razors to cutting boards. They are made mostly of polypropylene, a plastic that often finds its resting place in a landfill. Examples of polypropylene include yogurt and cottage-cheese containers.
Recycline collects the material from companies with excess plastic, supermarkets and other co-ops who gather the containers from consumers. The plastic is melted down and transformed into new, brightly-colored products.
But that’s not the end of the story: When the item has served its time, it can be returned in a postage-paid envelope supplied by the company. These plastics are then recycled into plastic lumber, tripling the lifespan of the original product.
To find where you can recycle your polypropylene and other types of plastic, use Earth 911′s recycling locator.
