Join Aveda in Caps Recycling

Did you know that the majority of plastic bottle caps do not get recycled?  They end up as litter, or in the trash, and often find their way to our rivers, beaches and oceans.  Each year, these caps cause tragedy among birds and marine life.  To combat this, Aveda recently announced a new recycling initiative for plastic bottle caps in which caps are collected at stores and schools and then sent by Aveda to our recycler where the material is recycled into new caps and containers. The program accepts caps that are rigid polypropylene plastic, sometimes noted with a 5 in the chasing arrows recycling symbol. This includes caps that twist on with a threaded neck such as caps on shampoo, water, soda, milk and other beverage bottles, flip top caps on tubes and food product bottles (such as ketchup and mayonnaise), laundry detergents and some jar lids such as peanut butter.  Not all caps are included in the recycling program – if you can bend or break them with your bare hands, chances are they won’t be recycled.  To learn more about this exciting program, visit http://aveda.aveda.com/aboutaveda/caps.asp