Plastic uses a lot of resources to produce, and although it can be recycled it is very important that while shopping one tries to avoid it. Typically shopping for products in glass containers can be recycled more easily. Reusing plastic containers that you bring in to your home for storing food and other items is helpful to cut recycling costs. Also, if you find that you are surrounded by the plastic tubs, see if you can donate some of them to a local school or art center. This could allow schools and art centers with extra resources that would normally cost a lot of money and can be accomplished by just looking around at extra household items.