On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:29:18 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:39:10 -0300, wrote:
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>>That used to be true, that only certain numbers were recyclable, but
>>now 99% of plastics can all be recycled. The industries to cope with
>>it have grown hand in hand with the desire to make things recyclable.
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>Yes, the industry was getting a bad reputation, but now takes tons of
>material back to recycle and make into usable products.
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>>One good one is that old car tires are recycled and become sun decks
>>(that won't need painting in my climate) and I once saw Tshirts that
>>had apparently been made from recycled 7Up bottles.
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>Polar Fleece. There are some other names for it too, made from
>polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

Glass is ground and used to make asphalt paving.
http://articles.philly.com/1991-06-1...ed-color-glass