which provide 60 to 80 hours of wine- scented burn.
Second Life for Paper Purina’s Yesterday’s News and Second Nature litter for cats and dogs, respec- tively, is made from recycled paper and absorbs waste upward from the bottom of the litter box for easier cleaning. The unscented litter pellets are three times as absorbent as clay, non-toxic and nearly dust-free. Hedgehogs, mice, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs and reptiles also like Yesterday’s News for bedding. On average, 44 million pounds of paper are annually recycled for these products. According to the Environmental
Protection Agency, the United States annually generates 11 million tons of asphalt shingle waste, mostly from re- roofing tear-offs and new installation scrap, comprising 8 percent of construc- tion waste. Each recycled ton saves a barrel of oil. OFIC North America, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, creates its Ondura corrugated
roofing from old newspapers or maga- zines and cardboard, made durable by infusing it with asphalt. It’s placed atop existing roofs, which means no dis- carded shingles. Each day, 40 to 50 tons of recycled paper goods find new life in Ondura products, available at most home improvement stores. Sound inside Buick Lacrosse and
Verano vehicles is dampened via a ceiling material made partly from reused cardboard shipping boxes. Paint sludge from General Motors’ Lansing, Michigan, Grand River assembly plant becomes durable plastic shipping containers for Chevrolet Volt and Cruze engine components. Some 200 miles of absorbent polypropylene sleeves, used to soak up a recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, were converted into air de- flectors for the Volt, preventing 212,500 pounds of waste from enter- ing landfills.
As part of its com-
munity outreach, 250 shipping crates from GM’s Orion assembly plant be- came raised garden beds for a Southwest Detroit community garden. A
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local entrepreneur turned donated sound absorption material into coats that also serve as sleeping bags for the homeless.
Old Tires Transformed The Rubber Manufacturers Association reports that Americans discard 300 million tires each year, each one having consumed about seven gallons of oil in its manufacture and poised to add to Earth’s landfills. Lehigh Technologies’ mi- cronized rubber powder (MRP), made by freeze- drying discarded tires and pulverizing them into a fine powder, changes the equation. MRP is now used in many items, from new tires, roads and building materials to shoes.
It feels good to place
used items in the blue bin instead of the trash, knowing that more and more companies are helping to put these resources to good use.
Connect with freelance writer Avery Mack at
AveryMack@mindspring.com.
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