Recycling is great for our environment and it can also help to make our cities and countryside’s look nice. Recycling can be easy to do if you can find yourself a few easy methods to help save time.
However, the best thing about recycling is that if you recycle things that can be recycled you will get some extra cash that you wouldn’t have had if you had just thrown out recyclable items. Future Libraries has some recycling tips listed below that can help you out.
General Recycling Tips:
Rinse all food containers well. This helps to create a higher of quality recycled products.
Flatten or crush recycle materials to save space.
Follow all recycling guidelines.
Plastic Recycling Tips:
Check the bottom of your plastic containers. Make sure they show the recycling arrows.
Rinse all food containers thoroughly.
No plastics that contained any motor oil, any antifreeze, or any other automotive fluids. These are considered toxic and should be recycled at an appropriate recycle center.
Paper Recycling Tips:
Some recycling facilities and waste haulers require paper to be sorted out based on type (office papers, magazines, newspaper, etc). Check around with some of your local recycling center for details.
Paper & other fibrous types of materials can usually be recycled together as mixed paper at most recycle centers.
Mixed Paper Usually Includes:
Press or pasteboard boxes and packaging (cereal & shoe type boxes, clothing & and packing inserts, legal note pad backings etc.)
Colored paper
Uncoated fax machine paper as well as uncoated fax machine paper
Envelopes either with or without windows or self-adhesive strips or sealing areas
Tablets, legal pads, binder and notebook paper
Junk mail
Glossy pamphlets an brochures
Manila folders and envelopes
Newsletters
Shredded paper
Carbonless paper
Paper ream wrappers
Paper bags
Phone books
Newspapers
Magazines
Paper back and hardcover books
Cardboard Recycling Tips:
Corrugated type cardboard is the #1 most common type of recycled cardboard & consists of two outer flat sheets of heavy paper and an inner filling of “rippled” corrugated paper that provides support for the box or other cardboard package.
Common pressboard that is used for cereal as well as shoe boxes is not considered cardboard; these materials should be recycled with mixed paper at most recycle centers.
Glass Recycling Tips:
All different colors of glass are typically accepted for being recycled at most recycle centers.
Rinse all food containers out.
Most recycle centers require metal lids to be removed and placed in the metal recycling.
Labels usually do not need to be removed.
Metal Recycling Tips:
Rinse all metal food containers.
Labels usually do not need to be removed.
Cans do not need to be flattened at most recycle centers.
Do not include any paint or solvent containers. These are considered toxic and should be recycled at an appropriate recycle center.
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