Recycling is an important way to reduce waste and conserve resources. Here are some common items that can be recycled:
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Paper/Cardboard: This includes newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes, and office paper. However, shredded paper should be kept out of recycling containers.
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Plastics: Plastic bottles and containers such as milk and juice jugs, soda and water bottles, and plastic bags and wraps can be recycled. However, plastic bags and wraps cannot go in your household bin and should be taken to retail and grocery stores that accept them for recycling.
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Glass: Food and beverage clear, blue, brown, and green bottles and jars can be recycled. However, metal caps and lids should be removed and thrown away before recycling.
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Aluminum: Aluminum cans can be recycled and producing new cans from recycled aluminum saves 95% of the energy used to produce cans from ore.
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Batteries: Batteries can be recycled, but they should not be placed in your household recycling bin. Instead, they should be taken to a designated recycling center.
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Electronics: Electronics such as computers, televisions, and cell phones can be recycled. However, they should not be placed in your household recycling bin and should be taken to a designated recycling center.
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Food: Food waste can be composted, which is a form of recycling. Composting turns food waste into nutrient-rich soil that can be used for gardening.
Its important to note that recyclables must be clean and free of food waste. Additionally, plastic bags and wrap are not accepted in many recycling programs and should not be used to bag recyclables. When the wrong items enter the recycling stream, contamination occurs, which can ruin an entire batch of recycling and cause it to be trashed instead.
