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Kid's Corner

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
March 15, 2010
APR and NAPCOR Express Concerns on Mis-Use of Resin Identification Code
October 22, 2009
2008 Recycling Rate Report: NAPCOR and APR Report Highest PET Recycling Rate Since 1997
September 9, 2009
NAPCOR Welcomes Husky Injection Molding Systems and Sidel Inc. to Membership
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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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