Ditto Hangers offers a solution: 100% recycled paper hangers (right, top) made from 80-100% post-consumer waste and 100% PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic hangers (right, bottom) which are “100% recyclable in all recycling programs.”
In fact, the latter recently won 2 first prizes in the International Design Awards for Sustainable Living/ Environmental Preservation and Urban Sustainable Design. Both products eliminate the need for wire hooks, which make recycling other types of hangers impossible.
These hangers are designed for retail companies and cleaners.
Check out a sample or place an order @ dittohangers.com.
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What can I do to become more environmentally friendly regarding our family pool? Are there better pool chemicals or alternative options I can use? Are there any pool chemical companies that offer these options?
Regards
Paul
Hey Paul,
Check out ecoSmarte.com
We posted about them last August.
Just search ecoSmarte on our site and you’ll find the post, with some good comments as well.
Unfortunately PET is not “100% recyclable in all recycling programs” as the manufacturer claims. The recycling program in Ottawa, Ontario for instance only accepts PET in bottle, jug or jar form … not other PET food containers, and certainly not PET clothes hangers. I’m certain this is the case in other jurisdictions too.
Hi Michael,
Thank you for your insightful comment.
I have worked with residential and commercial recycling programs in the Bay Area, California, and am familiar with the restriction you bring up.
It is our understanding, from visiting with recycling separation facilities, that our hanger would be accepted, if the separating staff is informed of their PET content in advance. For this reason, we’re targeting large business users of hangers for our PET hangers in particular, so that they can be sent in bulk to recycling facilities, with notifications as required by each branch. So perhaps a more accurate statement would be that they are recyclable in all recycling *systems*.
Thank you for your feedback!