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Welcome to NAPCOR's Kids Corner!

This information is designed to teach you about PET plastic and what you can do to help make sure more PET containers get recycled in your community.

  • Recycling Know-How - to be a real recycling superstar, you have to do more than just throw a bottle into a bin. Learn and practice the THREE steps to recycling!
  • Word Search - check out this word search to look for items that are made from recycled PET plastic.
  • What Kids Can Do to Make a Difference - learn how you can make a difference!
  • Recycling Glossary - find out the meaning of many recycling terms.
  • Fun Facts about PET - learn how many PET bottles it takes to make a shirt or a jacket, find out when the first PET bottle was recycled, how many recycling programs there are in the United States and more!
  • Educator Resources - we have free samples of PET bottle "preforms" available for teachers and other educators. Preforms are filled with recycled PET at various stages. 
  • Kids Recycling Zone - A new web site for kids created by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers. To check it out, click the image below.
News & Events
May 17, 2010
Using Recycled PET Saves Energy and Generates Less Greenhouse Gas: New Life Cycle Inventory Study for Recycled PET and HDPE
April 28, 2010
New Study Confirms Recycling Plastics Significantly Reduces Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
April 2010
Final Report - Life Cycle Inventory of 100% Postconsumer HDPE and PET Recycled Resin from Postconsumer Content and Packaging (direct link to pdf file for download).
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A guide to setting up PET recycling programs outside of the conventional curbside and drop-off programs.
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