What can be made with recycled items?
There are more recycled content products on the market than we can list here. Cardboard, office paper, newspaper, plastic, aluminum, steel, and glass are often made back into their original product, or made into new products. For example, some types of plastic (such as HDPE milk jugs) are used to make plastic lumber. Recycled glass can also be used instead of sand to fill asphalt. Yard waste is composted and then sold as topsoil. There are new and inventive uses coming up all the time. One company even converts old tennis shoes into athletic tracks for high schools.
