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Recycling
Tip of the Month Archives - March 2001


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Recycle Your Packaging Peanuts

Various options exist for recycling/reusing plastic polystyrene "peanuts". Here are a few that you may not have known about:

Many packaging stores, such as Mail Boxes Etc., will accept your peanuts for reuse. You can look in the yellow pages under packaging or shipping for stores that accept peanuts. This is your best bet to recycling peanuts in smaller quantities.

If you are going to be recycling peanuts in a large quantities, the Allliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers is a valuble information source.View their Web page at www.epspackaging.org.


                               

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