Homeless people often pick through the bagged recycled items to get cans and bottles they can redeem at supermarkets like D'Agostino's.

Throwaway products would be heavily penalized, while recycled items would be tax-free.

The installation will show how to use cheap or recycled everyday items to create vertical and horizontal growing spaces full of fruit, plants, vegetables and flowers.

Construction of this cabin also incorporated many recycled items to keep her costs low.

Other recycled items like tires, storage bins and many other day to day items that hold water without leaking can be used.

"We've realized $1,200, paid to us for recycled items," Mr. Bianchi said.

Most wastepaper, which is the largest recycled item, is going overseas to Pacific Rim countries, he said.

And Reciclaje used recycled items for wardrobe to explore environmental themes.

While it's difficult, if not impossible, to build to code using only recycled materials, many recycled items are finding their way into every stage of construction.

The most commonly recycled items are containers, cans, automobiles, appliances, and construction materials.