Recycle Plastic Gutters

Recycle old gutters into a vertical garden posted by ecostreet when suzanne forsling moved from the us midwest to alaska she discovered this novel idea for keeping her salad crops off the cold ground and away from critters who messed with them.

Recycle plastic gutters.

To take it one step farther take a wooden table picnic tables work best remove a central board and replace it with the length of gutter. Get free shipping on qualified plastic gutter systems or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department. Plastic pipework and gutters are approximately 90 lighter than the traditional materials that they replaced. But this process is much different than the one used by general recycling machinery so keep batteries out of recycling containers.

Fill the trough with ice. Worse these bags tend to clog the mechanisms in the recycling machines and even shut these plants down in order to extricate them. Fasten the gutter to the table with some metal fastenings or clips. Of course cleaning.

If you re not sure about where to find a recycling center lowe s has their own recycling center where you can drop off building materials or just search the yellow pages or internet. The basic premise is to take an old length of gutter cap the ends and fill it with ice to create an instant beverage cooler. Remove a section of the center plank of a wood picnic table to fit the length of the gutter. Crimp end caps to a length of gutter and seal with caulk.

Drop the gutter into the opening and secure it to the table along the inside with sheet metal screws. This kind of plastic is not recyclable. Scrap yards are another good place to dispose of old gutters. This recycled plastic gutter insert which won the 2008 sustainable product award from green building pages keeps gutters clear of debris preventing overflow into your house.

Flimsy plastics like grocery bags and plastic wrap usually can t be recycled but some stores will collect and recycle them. Give us a call at 1 843 410 0326 or s ign up to our buyer s list below to receive our material offerings. Hold trimmings photo by creativ studio heinemann getty.