Gloss Find: Ovetto Recycling Egg
Here’s a stylish and organized way to get rid of your recyclables — the Ovetto Recycling Egg. Named after it’s shape, this egg is actually a beautifully designed trash can (made of eco-friendly and recycled plastic, of course) that has three separate compartments.
Making it easy for everyone in the family to remember what goes in which bin, each compartment is a different color — so paper, plastic and aluminum can ultimately end up where it’s supposed to go. As the designer Gianluca Soldi says, “To make certain that waste is correctly disposed of and recycled, waste must be kept separate according to the material class it belongs to.”
So, now you take your recycling efforts up a notch easily and stylishly.
Ovetto Recycling Egg – $212 at WhereDidYouBuyThat.com
You may have heard that with the current downturn in the economy, there is a shrinking market for recyclables. Just when we were all getting the hang of which plastic numbers go where, we are now finding out that our virtuous efforts aren’t as effective as we had hoped. The problem is that much of our recyclable waste is shipped to China and with the economic downturn getting worse over there, the prices that the recycling industry is willing to pay for the more lucrative recyclables like mixed paper and aluminum, have dropped considerably. As a result, many of the warehouses and recycling depots are simply stockpiling cardboard in the hope that the prices will rise over the next few months.
cardboard boxes into our recycling bins or should we be stockpiling them in our garages or bedroom closets? We still should recycle whatever we can, however, now is the time to make a massive and concerted effort to reduce the amount of packaging that comes into your home.
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