This List Of Places To Donate Bottle Caps Is Tops!

Bottle caps are usually made of # 5 plastic.  They need to be recycled separately!

Bottle caps are made from #5 Plastic and get recycled differently than the bottle!

Did you know bottle top Plastic caps are typically made from plastic #5 while the bottles are made from #2. These include, but are not limited to:

• Plastic caps on glass bottles
• Caps on tubes
• Caps on baby food pouches
• Caps on cartons, such as those for milk, orange juice etc 

Remember, plastic takes over 500 years to biodegrade, if ever!  It's best to remove the tops and return them to a place that will use them.  There are a multitude of collection facilities such as manufacturers, grocery stores, schools and organizations.  *NOTE: If your cap is a #2 plastic you can leave it on if your town recycles bottles!

Bottle Cap Art Mural Caps can be sent to schools.  Check your town schools first!

Helpful List of Ideas and Places to Recycle Caps:

• Try Googling “Plastic Cap Recycling”. There are many places that accept and request caps for recycling and have websites where that information is easy to access.

Recycle Caps LOCALLY:

• Check with your city. Some cities do accept plastic bottle caps, but they may require that you remove the cap from the bottle and put it in the bin separately. 
• Check local school or teachers organization to see if they need them for projects
• Whole Foods. Some Whole Foods Markets accept #5 plastic caps for recycling. Next time you’re shopping, check their bins to see if yours does, too! Whole Foods takes part in the Gimme Five Program

Recycle Caps By Mail:  
If you can’t find a local place to drop off your plastic caps for recycling, you can mail them to one of these places!

• Aveda, the skin and hair care company, offers an option for recycling bottle caps
• Caps Of Love, This US charity funds children's wheelchairs 
• Caps Can Do.  Caps Can Do is a company that specializes in recycling #5 plastic.

Recycle BY Repurposing:

Recycling is great, but reusing is also a good idea.  Particularly, if it is a permanent project like a mural! Check out our recycle craft ideas for bottles and caps on Planetpals Pinterest Page

Unique Upcycled Repurposed Garden Ideas

DIY has gone LOL, WOW, and OMG!

Anything goes with recycled garden planters.  People sure are clever!
Here are some of the most unique items repurposed into garden planters that even you could do! Recycle garden containers galore:

Pantastic!

All bottled up

You'll get a kick out of this

Contained

Tired yet?

You can do this, too

Not sloppy just floppy!

bagged up

painted palette 

Ajar

Road rage ?

More gardening info on our Green Garden Page at Planetpals.com and Pinterest Gardening Pages.

The Colors of Composting

What Items Can You Compost?

There is a science too composting and some ingredients are better than others! This chart will teach you how to compost  and get the most from it.  Remember these three colors and you will be good to go!

Learn More About Composting With Squirmy Wormy:

• Informative and Fun Facts About Composting 
• Make a Simple DIY Kitchen Counter Compost Bin
• Our Green Gardening Guide
• Planetpals Composting PINTEREST Page

Planetpals Healthy Eating Plate

Be Heart Healthy Pals!

The USDA recommends you have a certain amount of specific foods to stay healthy paired with exercise.  Planetpals now offers this healthy poster to help teach kids for the classroom! 

To Learn more about Healthy Eating and staying healthy check out Planetpals Healthy Lifestyle Pages.

• Planetpals Healthy Lifestyle:
• Health and Food Precautions
• Food Pyramid 
• New Food Pyramid " MY Plate"
• Healthy Lunch and Green Lunchbox
• Healthy Kids Checklist
• Healthy Food Recipes
• Healthy Edible Food Crafts

What's a Garbage Garden?

It's not just a lot of SCRAP!

What's a Garbage Garden, You ask?

Don't toss it scrap it:

My friend Julie tosses many of her vegetable scraps and seeds into a garden and watches it grow! It not only makes great compost soil.  It makes great vegetables.  It's a simple idea and one that thrives every summer.  It's colorful and resourceful, and it's always a surprise to see what will grow.  She gets a variety of vegetables from tomatoes to peppers, all types, all sizes. So, think twice before you put everything in the garbage disposal.

Toss scaps into one garden spot

Whether you toss the scraps into one spot or separate them into different pots - your garden will flourish and be fruitful!

Toss scraps into separate pots

Many things can be Regrown easily including tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, garlic and scallions,  the list goes on! 

Here is a sample of Julie's Harvest.  Time for dinner!

Regrowing is popular but garbage gardening takes it to a new level.  It's no scrappy idea! Why not try it, too?

There are dozens of fruits and vegetables that can be re-grown. This list includes some of the simplest: 

• Avocado
• Beets
• Bok Choy
• Carrots
• Celery
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Green Onions
• Herbs
• Leeks
• Lemon Grass
• Mushrooms
• Peppers
• Potatoes
• Romaine Lettuce
• Rutabagas
• Scallions
• Turnips
• Tomatoes

More gardening info on our Green Garden Page at Planetpals.com and Pinterest Gardening Pages.

Garden Tips: What To Plant With What

What Vegetables Are Perfect Mates In The Garden?

Did you know that if you plant certain vegetables together with others you get better crops?  It's a centuries old phenomena and one that is passed down for generations!  My great grandfather always told me to put 3 matches in with tomato plants for sulfur and plant peppers next to them.

BURPEE has a load of TIPS AND GROWING LISTS for you, and they agree Tomatoes and peppers go together!

Here is a simple concise infographic from Greeninreallife.blogspot.com to also help you out.

For more great Spring tips and fun check out Planetpals Spring Journal.

For more green gardening ideas check out Planetpals Green Gardening Page on Pinterest  we have over 1,000 ideas!

Planetpals Licensing The Best On Earth!

Healthy Planet, Healthy People. The best license on Earth to teach kids about Earth.  

License Planetpals fun loving, informative, educational and GREEN characters for your product!

Planetpals Character License Available for:

* Toys * School Products * Juvenile Merchandise * Giftware

* Textiles * Stationery * Publishing * Multimedia * More

Learn more

Cardboard Crafts...Just Imagine!

Rainy Day, Snowy Day, Any Day!  Recycle crafts are green.

Max and Alexis Make Masterpieces

Be a Planetpal everyday and find ways to recycle and reuse things around the house.

Max and Alexis are great Planetpals...they are not only reusing, but creating masterpieces.  No matter what your age, you can, too!

Paint, crayons, paper, cardboard, anything goes.

Happy Valentines Day Pals!

Learn how you can love Earth, too!

Happy Vintage Valentines

Make Old New With These Vintage Valentine Upcycle Ideas.

If you love vintage valentines as much as I do, you will probably love these unique ideas to make crafts from vintage valentines.  Whether you have some original valentines you want to incorporate or have some vintage valentine images you print out, these ideas will have your heart!

Valentines Banners

Valentines Wall Hanger

Valentine Cones 

Valentines Decor

Valentine Heart 

Valentine Globe

Valentine Card

Valentine Gift Bag

Valentine Gift

Valentine Card

Valentine Card

Valentine Bingo Card

Valentine Flags

Happy February Full Moon Pals!

The February Full Moon is on February 10, 7:33 P.M. EST.

February full moon names are: Trappers Moon, Budding Moon, Bony Moon, Little Famine Moon, Storm Moon, Snow Moon, Ice Moon, Raccoon Moon and the Moon When Trees Pop.  Go here for a complete list of Moon Names and Moon facts.

Happy New Year Full Moon Pals!

This months chilly moon is in the sign of Cancer and occurs Full Moon: January 12, 6:34 A.M.  

Full Moon Names for January are:  Ice Moon, Rainbow Moon, Winter Moon, Fish Moon, Cold Moon, Cooking Moon, Wolf Moon, and The Moon of the Terrible. Go here for a complete list of full moon names and the cultures that named them. Learn more about the Full Moon Names,  Moon Phases and Moon Facts at Planetpals!

It's the new year and this years full moons are as follows. 

Season's Greenings Pals!

Season's Greenings Pals!

Learn to be green for the holidays and everyday at Planetpals.com

Happy December Full Moon Pals!

It's a Bitter Cold Snow Moon Before Yule on December 13

The Full Moon occurs on December 13 at 7:06 pm EST.  To find out the exact time where you live check out Moon Giant.  The full moon for December is at 14 degrees 22 Gemini.  Opposite Saturn and trine Jupiter. 

Name Calling! 

The Ancient full moon names for December are the Christmas Moon, Btter Moon, Snow Moon, Twelfth Moon, Cold Moon, Long Night Moon, Oak Moon and the Moon before Yule.

See the names for every month!

Learn more about the Full Moon Names,  Moon Phases and Moon Facts at Planetpals!

Recycle Yourself !

Become an organ donor. Save a life.

How?

Healthy Planet, Healthy People.  That's our motto.  But it isn't always that easy.  Some people do everything right, but they are just are down on their "healthy" luck.  That's where you come in.  You could help save someone's life by donating a part of yourself.  A part that they may need.

It sounds overwhelming, but becoming a donor is really pretty simple. All you have to do is sign up and you could save a life. Many people believe they are too old or not healthy enough to sign on, but that can be untrue. 

What can you donate?

There are many kinds of donors, they include: organ donor, bone marrow, cord blood and stem cell. 

How do you donate and learn more?

To sign up or learn more, go to one of the appropriate registries.  You can even sign up to be an organ donor at the registry of motor vehicles in your state and it will appear on your license.

National Organ Donor Registry

National Bonemarrow, Cord Blood and Transplant Registry

International Stem Cell Registry 

Where to Find a Bone Marrow Match: Be The Match. Org

Where to find an Organ Donor Match  Matching Donors. Org 

Local State Donor Registry Lists

What if you can't donate, but want to help?

If you can't be a donor, do some other good. Perhaps you can be a volunteer! That is another way of giving part of yourself and enhancing someone's life.

Did you know?  

• 1 organ donor can save up to 8 lives 
• 18 people will die each day waiting for an organ
• 6,000 people are waiting for a matched stem cell donor in North America alone
• Each day, an average of 75 people receive organ transplants
• Only 30% of patients in need of a marrow or blood cell transplant find a matched donor in their family.

Thanks for being a Planetpal.  

 Let's help all our Pals be healthy! 

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