| Hands-down, recycling plastic bottles or | | | | soda and receive a five-cent refund for each |
| repurposing plastic bottles for another use is ideal | | | | bottle, this is $1.20. Considering the price of soda |
| for the environment. If you live in one of the | | | | these days, any amount helps to reduce your |
| following states, however, you may actually be | | | | expenses. Even if your family doesn't drink soda, |
| able to turn your disposable bottles into cold hard | | | | this can apply to juice bottles, water bottles and |
| cash: | | | | more. |
| * California | | | | Reusing Saves You Money |
| * Connecticut | | | | While reusing disposable bottles doesn't necessarily |
| * Delaware | | | | make you money, it can save you money. One |
| * Hawaii | | | | way to accomplish this is to buy refills of |
| * Iowa | | | | shampoo, soap and other items in bulk. When you |
| * Maine | | | | buy shampoo, for example, at Costco, it comes in |
| * Massachusetts | | | | a huge bottle that costs you less overall than |
| * Michigan | | | | buying a bunch of smaller bottles. You can pour or |
| * New York | | | | distribute the shampoo into small plastic bottles |
| * Oregon | | | | you already have on hand and then you can |
| * Vermont | | | | recycle the big bottle when it's empty. |
| Five-cent payments may not see like a lot of | | | | These are but two ways you can make money |
| cash on its own, but when you consider how | | | | or at least save money when it comes to your |
| many reuseable bottle you and your family use | | | | plastic bottles. You can get pretty creative on |
| on a daily basis, the stack really starts to grow. | | | | ways to reuse or repurpose your plastic bottles. |
| For example, if you buy four six-pack bottles of | | | | Some even make clothing out of it! |