Recycling for fun

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January 5th, 2009 4

With Bill Nye’s Paper Recycling Factory, recycling is literally (supposed to be) fun. Of course, DIY options abound. Either way, old newspapers are a much more environmentally-sound (and often safer) toy input than some things you’d find on store shelves.

(via Treehugger)

4 thoughts on “Recycling for fun”

Marc de Vinck says:

January 7th, 2009 at 10:23 am

I had this picked out for a holiday gift, but then realized it had been opened and pieces were missing. I am still waiting for my local toy shop to get it back in stock.

Then again it’s pretty easy to do without the kit.
subVert says:

January 7th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

The traditional order of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” was changed for this product. It’s a bit offensive that recycling was bumped up the list when the real focus should be on reducing and reusing.