Welcome to The Budget Ecoist, where we help you go green on a budget. Check out our tips for recycling and reusing everyday items, our reviews of eco-friendly products, and share your tips in our green forum.
Archives by Tag: plastic
Reuse Two-Liter Bottles: Green Video
September 4, 2008
We've already shown you how to save water and money by leaving a plastic bottle in your toilet tank, but check out seven other ways to re-use your two-liter soda bottle. Don't throw the empty bottles from that Labor Day party you had into the recycling bin just yet -- most of these projects are for the outdoors, so get started before the weather gets cold. Combine your arts and crafts skills with your desire to recycle. The projects are easy and...Plastics Numbering System Demystified: Go Green
August 13, 2008
Ever look at the base of your plastic water bottle and wonder what that little number means? You'd be smart to know those numbers since some of them can be detrimental to your health. Look for the number enclosed in the recycle symbol (arrows that form a triangle) at the bottom of your plastic container.
#1 Polyethylene Terephthalate:Used for most clear beverage bottles, this is the number you'll likely see at the bottom of your plastic water...
Epitaph for a Plastic Bag: Go Green
July 28, 2008
2007 – Ireland institutes a 15 cent PlasTax (tax on plastic shopping bags), leading to a 90% drop in volume of free bags. In the three months after the tax was introduced, shops handed out just over 23 million plastic bags - about 277 million fewer than normal.March, 2007 – IKEA stores begin charging a nickel per plastic bag in an effort to get people to haul their wares out of the store in reusable bags and cut down on plastic bag waste....
