What is manufactured from recyclables?
Recyclables supply industries with raw materials for manufacturing a variety of products. • Newsprint and corrugated paper may be used to produce insulation, packaging products, gameboards, building materials, animal bedding, tube or core board, roofing felt and newspaper. Mixed paper and white ledger and printing paper can be made into napkins, facial tissues, paper towels as well as new office paper. • Plastic bottles can be made into fiberfill for jackets, pillows, rope, filters, insulation, carpeting, flower pots, toys, appliance parts, bath tubs, sinks, “lumber” for decks, boardwalks, picnic tables and benches as well as buckets, paint brushes and videotape holders. • Steel food and beverage cans can be made into any new steel product. • Glass bottles and jars can be made into fiberglass insulation, brick making and glassphalt paving material, as well as new glass containers. • Aluminum cans are made into new aluminum cans and other aluminum products such as lawn chairs and window
