RE: The Power Of Recycling

I know in a neighborhood near me, there is a man who collects from people's houses to take their metal cans, because he can get money for those. Other recyclables don't earn you money anymore (paper used to, I'm not sure why you can't get cash back for it anymore since recycled paper is very much in demand these days!). In my apartment building, the landlord pays for recycling pickup as part of the trash service.

It's important that we follow the rules about what items they collect, to not contaminate the recycling with things that can't actually be recycled. That was the reason that China stopped accepting recycling from other countries, because it was always contaminated with things they couldn't use. For plastic, the main culprit, they could use #1 and #2 bottles (like, what you see milk or soda or juice come in). But there was always other plastics mixed in that they didn't want. So we have to be sure to find out what our local facilities take and do not take, so we don't cause problems, because if it's too contaminated, they end up throwing it ALL in the trash!

!BEER