Newspaper is recycled into construction paper and animal bedding. The best way to recycle glossy magazines is to give them to other people to read. Newspaper is recycled into new newsprint and paperboard . Plastic milk and juice jugs can be recycled into flowerpots, pails, drums, golf bag liners and kitchen drain boards. Green Valley customers recycle more than 36,000 tons a year.
Recycled plastic is used in scouring pads, fence posts, and paint brushes.
Phone books can be recycled into ceiling tiles and insulation. Motor oil can be recycled into many types of lubricating oils. About 10 of every dollar you spend on goods pays for packaging. About one third of all carpeting made in the U.S. has recycled plastic bottles in it. Recycling by Green Valley customers saves about 49 million kilowatts of power each year that would otherwise be needed to manufacture paper, glass, aluminum, tin and plastic.