Every time I throw something away my mind flashes to where it will end up. Obsessive about sustainability? Possibly. I think its time to step up and move past the out-of-site-out-of-mind way of thinking and deal with our shadows.
Plastic and metal razors waiting to degrade in landfills . . .
Preserve
This company makes products from recycled materials, when you are finished you mail your razors and toothbrushes (made from recycled yogurt cups!) back to be recycled again.
http://www.preserveproducts.com/products/personalcare.html
I emailed Preserve to ask if they did indeed recycle the razor cartridge as well as the handle. They said that at this point they do not recycle the cartridge. It is, however, something they are working on and hope to have that available in a year/year and a half.
Terracycle
You mail them wrappers from chips and candy bars and they make amazing products from them like purses, bags, and earrings. They will even pay you for your trash!
http://www.terracycle.net/brigades/candy-wrapper-brigade.html?locale=en-US
We learned about this at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Clinton, IA. They also have a drop-off at the Restore in Davenport.
Containers and items that can't be recycled we often add to a craft box for Phoenix. She makes some really fun things and has taken to asking teachers and other adults for their glue bottles and other empty containers to make crafts, or suggesting what they could do with it.
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