**Full Disclosure: Thanks to Unilever for sponsoring today’s conversation.

I recycle a lot.  Partly because I want my kids to be good to the planet and partly because it makes me feel like I am doing something good.

I have a small recycle bin in the kitchen and one in each bathroom.  Our city also provides a huge (96 gallon, I think) recycle bin to everyone so they can come by every week and take away the recyclables.  All of those bins make it easy to want to recycle.

Unilever provided me with a ton of great facts about recycling and because I am a fact geek, I wanted to share.

Fun Facts:

• Did you know the average American has 8 products in their bathroom at a given time, yet only 34% of Americans always recycle them – that could send nearly 600 million plastic bottles to landfills each year!
• Beware the product hoarders: 1 in 5 Americans (20%) have more than 10 bathroom products in plastic bottles in their bathroom at a given time.
• What gets Americans moving: Americans are more likely to go the distance to get a drink when thirsty, charge their phone, or answer a phone call than walk an empty plastic bottle from the bathroom to the recycle bin.
• Battle of the sexes: More men (80%) reported recycling their empty bathroom bottles than women (74%).
• While the majority of Americans know where they should be putting their empty bottles, 42% claim that they don’t recycle because they aren’t sure an item is eligible for recycling.  Additionally, more than a quarter (27%) of Americans are not convinced their recycled items can actually become something new.
• One in five (22%) Americans wouldn’t walk across their home to recycle a bath or beautybottle.  In fact, Americans are more likely to go the distance to get a drink when thirsty, charge their phone, or answer a phone call than walk an empty plastic bottle from the bathroom to the recycling bin.
• Some cities have better bathroom recycling habits than others.  Of the major U.S. metropolitan cities, Philadelphia came out on top demonstrating the best bathroom recycling habits with 52% reporting that they always recycle in the bathroom, while Atlanta ranked last with only 23% reporting that they always recycle in the bathroom.
• While a majority of Americans are aware that their empty bath and beauty bottles are recyclable, less than half (34%) report always bringing empty bathroom items to the recycling bin.  In comparison, 86% of Americans claim to always recycle in general, and nearly half (46%) reported always recycling kitchen recyclables.
• Parents are more likely than non-parents to recycle in the bathroom (81% vs. 74%).
• Over 2 in 5 (43%) parents cited educating their children about the importance of recycling as a reason behind why they recycle.
• Los Angeles tops the list (at 53%) of major U.S.cities where parents report that their children are diligent about recycling.

While I haven’t ever reimagined my plastics, I’ve seen a zillion amazing ways to reimagine shampoo bottles on Pinterest.  My favorite are the monster pencil holders!

How do you Rinse. Recycle. Reimagine.?

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