Hands-down, recycling plastic bottles or repurposing plastic bottles for another use is ideal for the environment.
If you live in one of the following states, however, you may actually be able to turn your disposable bottles into cold hard cash: * California * Connecticut * Delaware * Hawaii * Iowa * Maine * Massachusetts * Michigan * New York * Oregon * Vermont Five-cent payments may not see like a lot of cash on its own, but when you consider how many reuseable bottle you and your family use on a daily basis, the stack really starts to grow.
For example, if you buy four six-pack bottles of soda and receive a five-cent refund for each bottle, this is $1.
20.
Considering the price of soda these days, any amount helps to reduce your expenses.
Even if your family doesn't drink soda, this can apply to juice bottles, water bottles and more.
Reusing Saves You Money While reusing disposable bottles doesn't necessarily make you money, it can save you money.
One way to accomplish this is to buy refills of shampoo, soap and other items in bulk.
When you buy shampoo, for example, at Costco, it comes in a huge bottle that costs you less overall than buying a bunch of smaller bottles.
You can pour or distribute the shampoo into small plastic bottles you already have on hand and then you can recycle the big bottle when it's empty.
These are but two ways you can make money or at least save money when it comes to your plastic bottles.
You can get pretty creative on ways to reuse or repurpose your plastic bottles.
Some even make clothing out of it!