How Can an East Hills Bottle Depot Bottle Drive Help Your Kid’s Sports Team?

East Hills Bottle Depot — Fri, 29 May 2020 19:09:00 +0000

There is nothing more enjoyable than watching your child score the winning goal, have fun with their friends on the hockey rink, or sink that basket you practiced 20 times before the big game. Sports help our children make friends, have fun and stay healthy, but they can also cost a lot of money. Especially for the parents who are expected to help raise money for equipment, uniforms, coaching, travel and more.

Did you know for a child to enjoy a year of their favourite sport it would take approximately 4000 pop cans or 1600 4 litre milk jugs to earn the money?

This is where a bottle drive at East Hills Bottle Depot can help you raise the funds to match your goals while helping your child score all of their goals!

One of the best things about a bottle drive is that they can be done more than once and all year round; so not only can you raise enough money for one goal, but you can even raise enough for next year’s goals too! At East Hills, we make it extra easy to set up and take care of everything along the journey to ease any stress.

A bottle drive helps fundraise in a short amount of time but it also teaches your children the value ofworking as part of a community and the value of money all while they bond with their teammates. It is also a fun way for the children to learn about their local community and feel a sense of pride in being able to raise their own money for their team.

There is no greater reward than being a part of a team and being able to crush your goals – on and off the field.

If we haven’t convinced you on why bottle drives should be your go-to for raising money, come on in, or visit our website for more information. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to see what all the hype is about!

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Recycling 101: What Happens After You Return Your Bottles To East Hills

East Hills Bottle Depot — Mon, 11 May 2020 19:17:00 +0000

Recycling your empty bottles has many positive impacts on preserving our environment. By returning your empty beverage containers to East Hills Bottle Depot, you can earn money and be an environmental hero. Have you ever wondered what happens to your bottles after you leave them at our Depot?

Read on to find out about the recycling lifecycle!

Sorting and Pickup

You may notice that we sort all of the different bottles, containers, glass, and cans into different bins. This is so they are easily transported by a truck to a material recovery factory where they are all further sorted by colour, type, and material.

Aluminum Cans and Containers

When aluminum cans aren’t recycled, they are extremely destructive to the environment and leave pieces of aluminum that pollute our air, water, and environment. Whether it’s a locally handcrafted beer or a refreshing pop, we all go through lots of cans on a daily basis, which is why we need to do our part to look after the environment.

At East Hills Bottle Depot, your aluminum cans are transported to the recovery factory where they are baled and shredded into tiny pieces where their paint and coatings are removed. These tiny pieces are melted and cast down into ingots – blocks of steel – which are flattened down into coils. These new coils can be remade into new cans, airplane parts and used to make parts on bicycles!

Glass Bottles

It can take a lot of resources to make glass from scratch which is another great reason why we should be recycling our old glass containers and bottles! When they are picked up and returned to the recovery factory, the glass is crushed into tiny pieces to make new glass bottles and containers. Did you know that this glass can also be used for countertops, sand roads, help with construction projects and home renovations?

Plastic Bottles

Plastic bottles are one of the most common items littering our planet. Since they are made with petroleum, which is a non-renewable resource, they end up hurting the environment the most. There are also two different types of plastic bottle containers.

The first type of plastic bottle is PET, which includes pop and water bottles. The second type of plastic bottle is HDPE, which includes juice containers.

These bottles are washed, chopped up and sorted using a flotation process which allows the pieces to be melted down to be used over again. The pieces that have become melted down are transformed into fibres which can be turned into jackets, chairs, new bottles, and carpet.

There are so many opportunities that recyclables have to be reused into new things and it all starts by returning your empties to East Hills Bottle Depot!

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How Can an East Hills Bottle Depot Bottle Drive Help Your Kid’s Sports Team?

Recycling 101: What Happens After You Return Your Bottles To East Hills