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UK Retailer Recycles 100M Hangers for UNICEF
U.K. retailer Marks & Spencer has recycled 100 million hangers in the last six months, raising more than $588,000 for international children’s charity, UNICEF.
The retailer’s hanger recycling scheme is simple: customers are given the option not to take hangers home, and hangers left behind are reused in-store or recycled, M&S said.
For every £1 saved from hanger recycling, M&S donates £0.50 to UNICEF to fund a new project in the Mymensingh and Dhaka regions of Bangladesh. The program will improve the lives of more than 50,000 people, providing basic needs such as clean water, education and health care, the retailer said.
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Cardboard
When not wet or contaminated with food or oil, cardboard is recyclable. It is also naturally biodegradable, but it’s always a good idea to put it in the recycling bin instead of leaving it as litter.
