The sleds are finely shredded and used to make everything from carabiners to earrings or decorative bowls.
Sledding in Breckenridge is a beloved pastime. It was even immortalized by Chevy Chase’s character in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” zooming down a snowy Breckenridge mountain on a greased-up saucer. But after the snow starts to melt and the sledding hills shut down, popular mountain towns like Breckenridge end up with a problem: A glut of plastic sleds that were purchased for short-term use and then left behind, often broken. Read Article
