Green Scene - Plastic Bottles

Only 40% of plastic drink beverage bottles are recycled.

Learn more about how you can reduce (or even elininate!) the amount of plastic bottles at your next event.

Download our Plastic Bottles Guide.

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Posted on December 6, 2015
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