Raymond Buckland from Egmont Refuse and Recycling in Hāwera has started a new initiative to collect milk bottle tops for recycling into rubbish bags and pipes. A recycling expert is hoping Taranaki children will help spread the word that milk bottle tops can be given a new use. He’s already given small bins for collecting the tops to several schools around South Taranaki. Catherine Groenestein/Stuff Plastic granules from shredded milk bottle tops can be made into pipes and rubbish bags. “The whole idea is you put this on your bench, wash the tops and pop them in.”Any bottle tops featurin a 2 inside a triangle symbol, indicating they are made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), can go into the bins.

Source: Stuff July 26, 2020 18:56 UTC