Sustainability & Recyling - Buy Recycled

One way to reduce waste is to buy items that have been manufactured with recycled materials.Look for this symbol: it indicates the proportion of that product that is made from recycled stuff.
There are more than 4500 recycled-content products available, in fact, many of the products we buy every day contain some materials that came from recycled material. Here are some examples of daily use items:

At Work:

• Copy Paper
• Aluminum cans
• Glass containers
• Paper towels
• Trash bags
• Toner cartridges
• Re-purposed medical equipment
• Writing instruments and desk accessories

At Home

• Egg cartons
• Cereal boxes
• Laundry Detergent bottles
• Motor oil
• Newspaper
• Car bumpers
• Carpeting
• Nails
• Steel and aluminum products
• Plastic Lumber for your deck
• Greeting cards and wrapping paper
• Lawn and garden supplies

For more information on purchasing recycled-content products visit EPA
DHEC Green Guide
Ohio Department of Natural Resources has a good guide of recycled content products!