Sunday, March 7, 2010

How should we recycle kitchen, bath, laundry soap dispensers?

I always look for the triangle, which tells us which ones are recyclable, but should we include the pump dispenser in our recycle bin?How should we recycle kitchen, bath, laundry soap dispensers?
Excellent question. And one I hadn't asked myself. I may have to make some changes also.





Here are my ideas:


Purchace a ';industrial/commercial'; soap dispenser which relies on gravity. Such as: http://www.bettymills.com/shop/product/v鈥?/a>


Or:


http://www.thegreenoffice.com/component/鈥?/a>








Or this one, it is a recycled GLASS soap dispenser, and it looks like at least part of the pump is metal:


http://www.naturalcollection.com/natural鈥?/a>


Here's another:


http://www.ecocentric.co.uk/acatalog/Rec鈥?/a>


And another:


http://www.couronneco.com/g5212_square_g鈥?/a>





Metal pump dispenser:


http://www.amazon.com/Zack-40226-MOBILO-鈥?/a>





Here's something different: Don't know what to make of it:


http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11161951/鈥?/a>





Some stainless steel dispensers/gravity fed:


http://www.allpartitionsandparts.com/soa鈥?/a>





Looks like someone could manufacture a pump dispenser with all natural/no plasitc parts and find a market!How should we recycle kitchen, bath, laundry soap dispensers?
Purchase a glass or ceramic dispenser and fill it from the large bottles of liquid soap.





My kitchen sink faucet assembly has a metal dispenser so I don't buy those little pump bottles anymore. The pumps are not recyclable.
TRY THIS,CLEAN THEM OUT THE BEST YOU CAN


AND IF YOU HAVE A RECYCLEING BEN FOR TRASH MAN,THATS IT.OR TAKE THEM TO A PLACE THAT REC-


YCLE'S....
Pump dispensers and caps/lids from most jars, bottles, jugs, etc., are unfortunately NOT recyclable, and have to be thrown away.





I usually only buy pump dispenser soap containers when an older one breaks, and I buy the larger refill containers of soap to keep using the same smaller dispenser. It's both more economical and creates less material for the waste stream AND for the recycling center!





Reduce, reuse, recycle!
i hate to recomend this ,but can you buy a different style that is recycleable?
why not keep them and instead of buying new ones buy the big refill bottles and reuse the despensers much moe cost effecient and better for te environment.

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