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Little Cart.
BIG Appetite.
Mm, mm, mm!
Hi, I’m Loop, your friendly recycling cart. I love a good treat — especially cardboard boxes, metal cans, paper envelopes and plastic jugs and bottles.
Little Cart
BIG Appetite.
Scroll to learn about your recyclables!
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Just enter your address below and Recycle Coach will let you know where your items go!
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Little treat for Loop — big win for your community!
When you feed your cart, it’s more than a yummy meal for Loop. Recycling has real benefits for your community. Just take a look!
Little treat for Loop — big win for your community!
Making new items out of recycled materials saves energy!
Using recycled aluminum to make new cans uses 95% less energy. (International Aluminum Institute)
Recycled paper can be used to make more than 5,000 kinds of products like paper towels, newspaper and kitty litter. (USEPA)
Every time you toss Loop a treat, you also save water, trees and another item from the landfill!
Recycling in Chicagoland creates jobs and boosts our economy.
Recycling saves natural resources!
Using recycled materials to make new items reduces the need to use resources like trees and fossil fuels.
Making things from recycled materials reduces byproducts and emissions created during production!
Recycling helps keep our communities clean and GREEN by reducing:
- Litter
- Pollution
- Greenhouse gas emissions
When you recycle regularly, your eco-friendly habits get a boost by getting you in the mind set to …
reduce, reuse and remember to
