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Originally Posted by Windguy
I agree.
HOWEVER, we can only blame it on ourselves for refusing to know how to recycle correctly and be careful of what goes in the recycling bin. I see people throw trash into recycle bins in public and at home. People seem to think greasy pizza boxes, used napkins, aluminum foil, and bottle caps are OK. The are not!
A few months ago when the "refuse" hit the fan over China refusing to take our recycling, I limited it to glass bottles (no caps!), cans, and corrugated cardboard. That stuff is all easy to separate at the recycling center. I suspect they are even valuable. I would love to recycle plastic, but with the many varieties, it is difficult to separate. I choose to use at little as possible. I really hate that my groceries are delivered in plastic bags now. :-(
Here's a video showing the incredible amounts of trash people throw into the recycling bins:
Single-stream recycling workers - YouTube |
In New Jersey, we were not to recycle bottle caps. When we moved to The Villages, I was told that bottle caps are fine to put into recycles. I called the trash company that services my village and they told me that bottle caps were fine to include with the recycles. I know that is not relevant now that recycling is not going to be done but I just want to let people know that bottle caps were OK to recycle.