Proper Recycling Container Etiquette
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Best Practices for Recycling
Tips for Recycling plastic bottles, aluminum cans and more at home.
Recycling is a great way to give back to the community. If you are looking at getting involved in recycling in your community there are a few things to consider and set up. The first is to make sure that recycling is done in your area. You can do this by checking out your local recycling center or local organization that is in charge of recycling. They will let you know if they do recycling pick up. If they do your next step is to ask for recycling bins. If pick up is an option these are usually available free of charge. If not check to see what type of recycling bins are available for sale or what size recycling containers you can use.
If you have to take your recycling to a center then it is a good idea to have an indoor system or sorting and organizing your recycling. You can use a regular sized trash can for both plastic and aluminum and then a flat storage bin for papers. This makes it easy to gather everything on the days you are heading to the recycling center and adding bags to the plastic and aluminum bins makes it even easier. To make finding that recycling center easier you can go to Earth911.org and put in your zip code and their locator will find the nearest center(s) for you.
If you have pick up you can have three bins set aside, one for each. Or simply crush the cans and bottles if you prefer only two bins. Make sure that crushing cans and bottles is acceptable prior to doing this. There are some companies and recycling centers that will not accept bottles and cans that have been crushed.
Make recycling fun, do not just consider the normal items like soda bottles, aluminum cans and newspaper as recycling but consider everything else you have around your home that you could possible recycle. There are hundred of items in your home that you might not even be aware of that can be recycled either through a recycling center, a donation center or by giving them another use in your home.
For example Use a tall laundry basket with broken ventilation holes as an outdoor storage for sports toys such as bats, hockey sticks or even larger outdoor gardening tools. Smaller wastebaskets can be refinished with relative ease and used for things like umbrellas or canes. Reuse printer paper. If it is material you no longer need, see if white paper is recycled by your recycling center, some places only do newspapers, or let your younger children doodle and draw on the back. Or cut these pages up, place glue on one edge to glue the pages together and make a note pad from the backs.
Recycling items like padded envelopes and boxes that are not excessively damaged by simply reapplying tape to the boxes and carefully removing labels. If it is impossible to remove labels mark them out with a marker or simply use one of the printing programs to print your postage then just tape it over top the original label.
Grocery store plastic bags can also be recycled. Either for use as small transport bags for things like school lunches or gym clothing. They can also be used as trash bags for smaller wastebaskets.
We encourage you to involve the little ones in this effort. Our most noble efforts will be in teaching recycling habits that will last a long time through our young people. We here at RecyclingSupply.com want you to succeed in a noble manner.
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I can often see color coded garbage bins and has the labels of what they shoul contain but soemtimes people are too lazy even to segregate their garbage.
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My son Chuck and I are fast approaching our first year in the Recycling container business. When we began this journey we got to know the movers and shakers in the Recycling bin business. One such man is George Slagle who has been doing this business for almost 20 years. I am grateful for many things George has taught and shared with us. One of the things I vividly remember him telling us was that the customers who are conscientious enough to buy recycling containers are a cut above most people in the business world. He told us that doing business with these folks was a pleasure. Well he was spot on. We began this venture with a mission statement that included dealing only in products that added value to peoples lives and as a consequence makes the world a better place. You see, I include my granddaughters picture on our site as a constant reminder that we are in the business of improving the future. I want to thank each and every one of our customers for being so forward looking and for trusting Chuck and I to fill your recycling container needs. NEIL
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Sally's Trove says:
2 years ago
If I can add some suggestions here...
You may have in your community a thrift shop that exists to support a local non-profit. If so, then you can bring all kinds of items. Just check with the shop first to see what they accept. You may be surprised that what you consider trash is something that will bring value to a not-for-profit organization.
About grocery plastic bags...most large grocery stores have a bin set aside at the entrance where you can deposit your left over plastic bags. If your grocery store doesn't, there's another way to recycle these bags.
If you have a doggie, use those plastic bags to pick up poop. It's not a great answer to eliminating waste, because you are still adding plastic bags to landfill when you are done; however, you are not buying designer doggie poop bags (also made of non-biodegradable plastics) to contain your doggie's do.
Absolutely, proudgrandpa, use these bags as many times as you can if you can't recycle them directly.