While 7 in 10 Americans say they always or almost always recycle, only 1 in 5 Americans consistently recycle in the bathroom. I’m not talking about toilet paper people, I’m talking about commonly used items in the bathroom like shampoo, lotion, and cleanser bottles, which can all be recycled! Each year we are throwing away enough 15 ounce shampoo bottles to fill 1,164 football fields, which is equivalent to 18,000 tons of plastic ending up in the landfills.
We can make a major impact on the environment by making one simple change. It could be that people simply don’t realize that these items can be recycled or it is a logistics issue. Our recycle “center” is much farther away from our bathroom than our kitchen in our household so sometimes I feel a little too lazy to make a extra trip to recycle the shampoo bottles. I try people, I try.
To help make a difference, Johnson & Johnson is launching CARE TO RECYCLE™, a recycling campaign that encourages people to recycle more items from the bathroom. The Care To Recycle™ Tumblr page, includes helpful information and tips on what can and can’t be recycled and an infographic with additional statistics on bathroom-product recycling. It also features a short video which visitors are encouraged to share to help spread the word and make the small step of recycling an even bigger one.
Here’s a few ideas on other ways you can repurpose your bathroom bottles:
Repurpose an empty plastic bottle and use as a shovel for gardening and tending to plants around the house.
Use an old plastic bottle as a way to amplify the volume of your cell phone speakers.
Repurpose your old lotion bottles and turn them into holders for charging your cell phone
Do you recycle or re-purpose your bathroom product bottles?
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Not usually but then we don’t go through very many
I try to when I remember, but I don’t all the time!
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I did not know much, and then I saw a couple of recyclable solutions for shampoo bottles on Recyclebank.com. Would be doing that from now on.
I make use of spray bottles and divide up shampoo and other products to the various bathrooms.
Diana C
I try to catch my hubby before his throws them away >.< So yes, sometimes if I'm on time, I recycle, lol.
We use them to hold old wax from our wax warmers
We recycle by making crafts out of the old bottles.
Yes I do recycle everything that I can. The town picks up our recyclables every two weeks.
not at home but at work
no i never really gave it any thought
We do some mainly because my son loves to re-use them!
no but i should and will from now on
No I don’t repurpose or reuse bathroom bottles
I never thought about re-purposing bottles and now want to try some of the ideas you posted. We do repurpose toilet paper rolls as play toys for our hamster.
We recycle them.
I recycle 1 and 2 plastic, paper, glass and metal.
I recycle plastic and cardboard and paper. It gets picked up each month
sure do
I recycle our bathroom product bottles.
I haven’t yet… never thought of reusing shampoo, conditioner or body wash bottles before but I will be now! First up? Making little shovels for gardening! My kids always want to help and then lose my garden shovels… now I will make them their own to help me with.
Just a little in the bathroom, but I do most things in the rest of the house. I’m too lazy to clean out bathroom bottles.
I recycle in the bathroom and everywhere else.
I used to but then I moved and there isn’t any place to recycle them. Though now I have some ideas to reuse them.
I don’t yet, but I will now with your cool ideas!
I recycle in the bathroom along with everywhere else. I actually recycle more than I throw away most of the time!
I recycle every container that I possibly can in the bathroom and throughout the entire house.
Not usually but I do recycle other plastics
Thank you
We recycle all!!
I not only recycle my bathroom products (bottles, toilet paper cardboard,empty vitamin and RX bottles …) I recycle in EVERY ROOM in the house.
I do recycle my bathroom product bottles.