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Quick Saturday Recycling Tip: How Bagging Can Trip Up Your Recycling Efforts

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The quality of Darien’s single-stream recyclables (i.e., level of contamination) is reportedly very good, except for one thing … _________

— an announcement from Darien Recycling Center

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… too many closed plastic bags! The sensors at City Carting’s sorting facility only work for items that are LOOSE; closed plastic bags are pulled out and thrown away. If you’re going to take the time to separate recyclables, please ensure that they actually get recycled and open/empty all plastic bags!!

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Best Buy Recycling

Quick Saturday Recycling Tip: What To Do With Cords, Cables, Rechargeable Batteries for Devices

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Kudos to Best Buy for making recycling so easy! Drop off wires/cords/cables, rechargeable batteries, and plastic bags as you enter the store. Inside, recycle ink & toner cartridges, video games/gadgets, music & movies, plus much more. Find out more here. ___________

This announcement is from the Darien Recycling Center on Facebook. Like that page on Facebook and you can get your tips directly, as soon as they come out, and keep informed on other recycling information.

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Quick Saturday Recycling Tip: What To Do With Used Water Filters

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Water filters for pitchers, faucets or refrigerators are plastic and look like they belong in single stream recycling, but because of the filtering materials they contain, they do not. Always check with the manufacturer to see if they have a take-back program, but if they do not, put them them in the trash. ___________

This announcement is from the Darien Recycling Center on Facebook. Like that page on Facebook and you can get your tips directly, as soon as they come out, and keep informed on other recycling information. Find out more about recycling in Darien here. More tips from the Darien Recycling Center:

What to do with old smoke detectors
What to do with unwanted dry cleaning hangars
What to do with old sports equipment
What to do with food containers that still have food in them
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?