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• Glass containers are 100 per-
cent recyclable, can be recycled
endlessly and recovered glass is
used as the majority ingredient in
new glass containers.
• An estimated 80 percent of
recovered glass containers are made
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into new glass bottles.
• According to the EPA, 34.5
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percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles and 28.1 percent of all glass containers
were recycled in 2007.
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hat is flat, triangular, metal and
• In some states, like California, glass bottle recycling nears 79 percent.
• Americans recycle nearly 13 million glass jars and bottles every day.
hooks at the top? It is the wire
clothes hanger used most frequently by
dry cleaners around the world. The Or-
ganic Consumers Association estimates
that 3.5 billion wire hangers are used
Neti Pot for
each year by this industry alone. This
Sinus Relief
amounts to 195 million pounds of steel
used for production.
According to the Steel Recycling In-
stitute, in North America more steel is re-
W
ith increasing pollution and
chemicals in our environ-
cycled than glass, aluminum, paper and
ment, there is an enormous rise in
the number of people who suffer
plastic combined. Yet, when it comes to
various forms of nasal congestion
recycling metal hangers, this proves dif-
and respiratory illnesses. Alternative
ficult due to the plastic coating used to
health practitioners throughout the
protect clothing from rusting metal.
world recommend the regular practice
If you have a wardrobe that requires
of nasal cleansing using a saline solution. Neti is a gentle, safe, efficient way to de-
dry cleaning and the use of these hang- liver a good cleansing dose of saline to the nose.
ers, take note that it takes over 100 years Although the practice of nasal irrigation originated in India, today there are
for wire hangers to break down in land-
numerous people in Europe and the United States who use this simple technique as
fills, according to Bob Kantor, CEO of
part of their daily routine.
Hanger Network.
If you find that your nasal passages are blocked because of pollution, pollen,
If you can’t reuse hangers, the best
dust and other irritants, you may find this simple nasal irrigation technique to be of
alternative is to return them to a dry
invaluable benefit to you.
cleaner nearest you. They, and eventu-
ally you the consumer, will appreciate
it since the price of wire hanger imports
from China more than doubled in April JustinToHealing
2008.
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MAY 2009
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