Recycle Bin to Feed Animals for Pet-friendly Events

Idea:

A DIY Lowell team could create a recycling bin that will dispense dog or cat food when an item is recycled. This could be used at pet-friendly events to encourage recycling. It would be available to any group who does such an event.

Benefit:

It will also provide more locations to recycle instead of items being thrown out. It provides incentive for people to recycle too.

Location:

Citywide, OldIdea.

Recycle Your Butts

Idea:

To create recycling cans for cigarette buds because many of them are on the floor of public walkways and can eventually make way to the sea and polluting the environment overall. The recycling cans would be installed to reduce the amount of litter. There can also be information on the cans regarding why recycling is [Read more…]

Benefit:

Public streets would be cleaner and it is one less thing the Lowell Critter Crew and other cleanup organizations have to worry about. The recycling cans can be donated to TerraCycle, an organization that recycled into new things!

Location:

Citywide, OldIdea.