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Kitchen Table Kibitzing ~ 10.2.23 [1]

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Date: 2023-10-02  

Recycle What?

x Adorable *and* eco-friendly — This pup named Scruff has picked up 1,000+ plastic bottles off the ground 🐶 pic.twitter.com/fqCjBYLyCs — NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 25, 2023

OMG! This is so cute and so easy to train for. Both my dogs love the crinkle sound of plastic bottles!

I’ve gathered some fun recycling news I’m posting below. Most tweets are a little over 1 minute, some are a little less, some a little more. Enjoy, and let me know if you have any creative ideas for using recycled waste.

These guys use bottle tops to make plastic skateboards. We can’t recycle bottle tops where I live.

x This company turns plastic waste into skateboards to promote recycling in one of Rio’s poorest neighborhoods 🛹 pic.twitter.com/fO7DewOq69 — NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 19, 2023

Well, I wouldn’t wear anything like this, but that doesn’t take away from how cool it is.

x Thai designer Mickey Kaisorn created this stunning, one-of-a-kind dress for a fashion competition. The gown’s skirt was made out of blue plastic straws and the chest piece out of soda can tabs. 😲♻️ pic.twitter.com/UvGCAqE9QW — NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 1, 2023

This is a great idea!

x This mobile library in Indonesia rents out books to young readers in exchange for recyclables pic.twitter.com/5N6l7F5BxE — NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 25, 2023

Maybe not exactly recycling but kind of sort of. Recycling dirty water for clean.

x PolyGlu is a coagulant made from fermented soybeans to purify water. It's safe and eco-friendly and just a gram can treat up to 5 liters of polluted waterpic.twitter.com/9ia0NKtsCS — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 26, 2023

Plastic is the thing I worry about most and yet I forget my cloth shopping bags all the time. I would love a bag like this!

x Recycling but make it fashion ♻️👜 These handbags were created from used plastic bags pic.twitter.com/O65mEQbm2F — NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 28, 2023

I don’t even drink coffee, but this is so cool.

x These cups were made from recycled coffee grinds ☕️ pic.twitter.com/1oXOKv32PD — NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 27, 2023

I used to ride a little motorcycle. It had a windshield thing to help in really cold weather, but nothing for the rain. A friend of mine made me a rain suit out of Walmart bags, it was pretty cool and reminds me of this:

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