Manufacturers then use the recyclables to make new products - recycling's second step. There's no limit to the things that can be made from recyclables. Recycled tires are turned into garden hoses. Plastic bottles and milk jugs return as plant pots, plastic lumber, can liners, lawn furniture and picnic tables. Steel food cans return to the hardware store as nails and screws.
Newspapers become egg cartons.
Glass containers are turned into decorative tiles and paving material. The third and final step in the recycling process is the return of these new products to the marketplace. This step is one that you need to support. Buying recycled is nearly as important as the physical act of recycling itself. In order to keep recycling working, we need to purchase the new products and packaging made from the materials that were placed in the recycling bin.