Our guidelines suggest that “recyclables must be loose, empty and no more than lightly soiled.”
Photo from the Darien Recycling Center on Facebook
Yuck. This should be opened up, cleaned out, rinsed out and left to dry in your recycling bin (don’t close it up again), if you want the sweet inner satisfaction of having done this part of your part for the environment. Or you could toss it in the trash.
Containers with food left in them will be thrown in the garbage when they arrive at the sorting facility; ditto with closed plastic bags. Questions about recycling? Click here.
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Other tips from the Darien Recycling Center:
- How to dispose of air conditioners, refrigerators, dehumidifiers
- What to Take Home from the Darien Recycling Center
- What light bulbs can be recycled
- Can any batteries not be recycled?
- Which paints are accepted and which types aren’t.
- Four Ways to do Single Stream Recycling Better
- Old Appliances Like Washers, Dryers & Stoves
- Recycle old smoke detectors.
- You can recycle working markers, pens or pencils.
- Recycling used paper towels?
- On recycling usable and unusable clothing, shoes, linens and accessories like purses and backpacks.
- About recycling various types of metal items.
- What to do with large plastic items.
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