PET bottles can be recycled into carpet backing, paint brushes, scouring pads, appliance handles, floor tiles, automotive parts, fibrefill for pillows, sleeping bags and ski jackets. Five recycled PET bottles makes enough fibrefill to stuff a ski jacket. Polystyrene foam can be recycled into insulation board for commercial construction, home and office products and cafeteria trays. 490 million plastic bags a year are used in Atlantic Canada. The Kent Co-op in New Minas, Nova Scotia has phased in the following programs to make environmental practices part of normal store routine.
Cardboard boxes are also available to carry the groceries.
Kent Co-op sells bulk windshield washer fluid so members can refill plastic containers instead of throwing them away, thus producing less waste. All Rights reserved. This site is brought to you through the generosity of our host Eastlink.