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Ok Anne you tell me to read my recycling bin but I am still confused I don't know, should
I recycle this or not? because typically I would. we all want to do the right thing,
I think thats the important thing is that we are all trying to make a difference and
we know that certain items are recyclable like this is an aseptic package, and it can
be recycled, but it may not be able to be recycled in my local program. There are alot
of factors that determine whether community can or can not recycle certain items, so thats
why it is really important to check what is acceptable because you may or may not be using
items that can be recycled in your program. So for example with this one, based on what
is on your list, you wouldn't include this in your container. So this just goes in your
regular trash? You could put it ina trash can or you can set it aside, and try and find
out thru our website if there are other places, maybe a store or a recycling company that
would accept this for recycling. So don't despair there might be a second option available
to you. What about this item? Same thing? For the milk carton , generally that would
be for the same thing. So allright everything I have compiled lets see, how about this?
recyclable? We say when in doubt throw it out, so we aren't exactly sure its not a steel
can. I think I have a winner here, yeah your program based on your bin says that you can
accept bottles, plastic bottles 1 and 2. We looked for the recycling arrows on the bottom
and its a number 1, so you can put it in your bin, but remember with plastic bottles generally,
but your lid is a different type of plastic, so lids are generally thrown away, and your
bottle can be recycled. How about something like this? It doesn't have any type of determination
as far as what kind of plastic it is, so when in doubt, throw it out. Allright. And for
those people that just throw everything away in here, you were mentioning thats actually
counter productive cause then, it costs your local recycling company money to sort thru
the materials, so if there is alot of contaniments or items that shouldn't be in there, they
physically take those out, and it does cost money. So , you are really costing your community
more and it creates alot of problems in the long run. So it is better to keep it out,
to change perhaps your purchasing habits so that your are buying things made in packaging
that can be recycled as part of your program. We all want to do the right thing, and unfortunately,
with some of the recycling you have to go to.. or do an extra step to find other sources
to recycle different items. But, it is all worthwhile, we all live on one planet so we
all need to try and do the right thing.