The Crunch

Does your town have single stream recycling?  Ours started last week, and I have to tell you, it’s wonderful.  All of my magazines, bottles, jars, junk mail and cardboard, all in the same town-provided receptacle.  No sorting, no fuss.  There is absolutely no excuse for not participating and doing your part for our planet.  Now, there are some folks that prefer the old school method of recycling and even believe that the processing costs and possible contamination of materials through single-streaming may outweigh the benefits.  Rest assured.  Single streaming actually cuts down on the number of specialized collection trucks needed and these multi-purpose trucks are less expensive to purchase.  Fewer trucks = less energy expended.  Less expensive= more money for other environmental programs.  To date, there are still items that you cannot just throw into your one source bin willy-nilly.  For a quick refresher, I have listed them below.

NOOOOOOO:

1.  Plastic bags

2.  Plastic lids or caps

3.  Shredded paper

4.  Garbage (like your sandwich wrapper)

5.  Liquids (like motor oil)

6. Non-recyclable glass (donate that Pyrex instead)

7.  Frozen food containers (they have a coating which makes them non-recyclable)

8.  And obviously, dispose of your CFL’s and batteries wisely (not in these bins!)

Happy recycling!

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