How Exactly Does One Recycle Hair Gel?
Leave it to the Brits to come up with an innovative and entertaining all-purpose guide to recycling just about everything. "How Can I Recycle This?" is an interactive, community-based site that lets readers submit mind blowing suggestions as to how to recycle, oh I don't know...everything!? For example, let's say you have an old 10-gallon fish tank not living up to it's original purpose. You would post an entry on the "How Can I Recycle This?" site and wait as your fellow eco-buds weigh in with creative ideas as to what ELSE you can do with a 10-gallon fish tank. (I base this example on a recent real life entry, so it would only be fair to let you in on the suggestions for said tank: a terrarium, grow herb for the kitchen, a candlescape, put vellum on the outside and a string of Christmas lights inside for a sophisticated accent light, upside down to protect or accent a collection of something, a wastebasket or a paper recycle bin, on end for a mini bookcase for oversize books...)
It's freakin inspiring! Ever wonder "What the heck am I going to do with this?" Never fear, they have the answer...Poke around on the site and be wowed at how gosh darned resourceful we can be...kiddie pools, worn jeans, aluminum can pull tabs, deflated balloons, old windows, discarded basketballs, even stale cake (good for biscotti) and yes, half-used hair gel can be bewitched into something new and useful. Try the handy search engine on the site for specific items and inquiries. You don't even have to be MacGyver to make something cool.
So before assuming that thingamabob is only good for trash, make a pit stop at "How Can I Recycle This?" first. What do you have lying around? That's an old washing machine drum! ----->
About this blog
Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
Wow, so much to learn! But initially the idea is a pretty simple one: Let's change the world through information, education and action.
Rox & Stacy are a lot like you: ecologically minded but sometimes just plain overwhelmed when charged with the task of making a far-reaching difference in the environment. They have jobs, families, homes, lives and pets.
But what if doing better was a simple as a light-bulb change, a reusable canvas grocery bag, recycling that soda can or a cold-water wash?
These eco-chicks just hope to have a little fun, learn a little more, share a lot of information and maybe make the planet a happier, greener, cleaner place.
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