I have a 12-year-old boy. If your kids haven't reached pre-teen age yet, I suggest you start saving for groceries now. One month I calculated that my small family (just me and my son) spent $40 on milk alone. $40! Needless to say, our recycling bin is chock-full of plastic milk cartons every two weeks. After getting dumped into a recycling truck, it's possible that some of my many, many recycled milk containers eventually got made into a toy recycling truck.
Green Toys, Inc is a California-based company making environmentally-friendly toys right here in the USA. The main ingredient in their particular brand of toy recipe? Recycled milk jugs. Using recycled materials in their manufacturing makes a pretty hefty positive impact. Compared to using non-recycled plastics, every pound of recycled material saves enough electricity to run a TV for three weeks. What's more, you can feel good about letting your kids play with Green Toys. The milk jugs are recycled into raw high-density polyethylene -- a clean, safe plastic. (After all, it was safe enough to hold the milk that you drink!)
From tea sets to tool sets, AmeriKid carries a whole line of green American-made toys.
Jake, Age 3
Kalie, Age 5
1 comments:
Our family is the same way. My boys drink milk everyday for most if their meals. I love the idea of having a truck made from my own recycling habits. I had never thought of it that way. If you enjoy toys from Green Toys,I would suggest trying out www.greenostrich.com/greentoys. This site it full of toys and gifts for all ages and tastes. It has toys for your kids, and it has gifts for you, your husband, and your wonderful mother-in-law. Try it out, I know you will enjoy what you find. And on the brighter side, everything you buy is recycled or sustainable!
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