What are some various recycable items that turn into new materials?

Question

Like water bottles...what do they turn into after the are recycled? What other examples could there be? Website links will be great! :)

Answer 1

Ford created a process of turning old nylon carpet into plastics to be used in bumpers and gas tanks.

Answer 2

cans can turn into steel or metal products.  :)

Answer 3

Most steel has a high recycle content.

Answer 4

recycled bottles can be turned into fleece (as in fleece blankets)

At the store I work in, we have pencils made from recycled paper, and denim....denim and other old clothes can be made into carpet pad...

I have seen shoes with soles made from recycled tires....

wish I had some links for ya, but I'm late to dinner....

Look up "recycling associaton of america"

and waste reclaimation

Good Luck

Answer 5

go to http://www.oroloma.org/resources/kidscor...  you will find some real cool facts and figures there

Answer 6

We used to recycle "spent" fuel from nuclear reactors until President Jimmy Carter made us stop.  That recycling destroyed all the plutonium that "grew" in the fuel and reduced the time required for safe storage from 240,000 years to under 500 years.  What a fool.  The rest of the world has been smart enough to recycle on their own.

Answer 7

This outdoor furniture is the best because it saves the trees and is very good for the environment.

Answer 8

At work I discovered a way to have old plastics reconfigured into new items.  One web site I know of is http://yemmhart.com   It is expensive to do this but the web site is a great source of information with numerous links to other sites.  You can ship old plastic chairs and other materials to Y & H to be remade into other 100% recycled products.