Monday, April 11, 2011

Fast Food Drink Tray

Looking at this item makes me think about the packaging we see every day that is made from recycled material. If it has been recycled once, can it be recycled again?

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Tinfoil and Packaging


Is the rumor true that you can put tinfoil in the recycle bin? How about the box? How about the cardboard cylinder that the foil comes wrapped around?

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Campbell's Chunky Soup Bowl


The bowl itself seems to be made of a type of thin, sturdy styrofoam. The lid is a typical plastic, opaque red. The plastic lid actually covers a second lid made of a metal, probably aluminum. What of these three pieces, the bowl, the inner lid and the outer lid, can be recycled, if any?