Recycling Tips

Recycling Tip: Cleaning Out Your Closets

Recycling Tip: What To Do With Used Bubble Wrap & Other Packing Materials

Tip for Dropping Off Items at the Swap Shop

Recycling Tip: What to Do with Downed Branches

Tip from Darien Recyclng Center: Never Recycle These

Open Your Bags of Reyclables When Dropping Them off

Recycling Tip: What to Do with Household Batteries

Recycling Tip: Clothes & Other Textiles (Shoes, Too)

Flat-Out Cardboard Recycling Tip

You Can Reuse Toothbrushes, Then Recycle Them

Quick Recycling Tip: Recycling Your CDs & DVDs

Recycling Tip: Getting Rid of Unwanted Photos

Recycling Tip: Single Stream Recycling at the Recycling Center

How to Find the Darien Recycling Center on the Web

Recycling Tip: A Few Quick Ins & Outs of the Darien Swap Shop

Darien Reycycling Center

By David Gurliacci | March 11, 2016

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By David Gurliacci | February 14, 2016

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By David Gurliacci | February 13, 2016

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By David Gurliacci | February 11, 2016

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By David Gurliacci | February 10, 2016

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By David Gurliacci | February 9, 2016

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By David Gurliacci | February 8, 2016

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By David Gurliacci | February 7, 2016

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By David Gurliacci | February 5, 2016

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By David Gurliacci | January 31, 2016

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

If the urge to spring clean extends to your closets and drawers, but all you care to part with are worn-out shoes, stained t-shirts and tired linens, not to worry! Those things — and more — can be recycled in the green & white USAGAIN BINS at the Darien Recycling Center. Pack your things in plastic bags and look for them next to the Swap Shop and also next to the transfer station building. Recycle any usable or unusable clothing, shoes, linens or accessories! — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages on Facebook.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

Bubble wrap is permitted in single stream recycling; however, it — and most other packing materials — can be reused again and again before it has reached the end of its useful life. If you have no need for these materials, please donate them to someone who does! UPS will take packing peanuts and the DCA Thrift Store will take bubble wrap, packing papers, foam sheets (also tissue paper and shopping bags). Remember: it’s REDUCE, REUSE, RECYLE – and in that order! — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages on Facebook.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

PLEASE PLACE ITEMS INSIDE SWAP SHOP

Items that are broken or sitting for too long are removed from the Swap Shop by volunteers and, to the extent that they can be, are placed with scrap metal or e-waste for recycling. However, lots of cardboard also comes out of the Swap Shop. Instead of leaving boxes of unsorted items sitting inside or outside the Swap Shop, residents should place their items in the appropriate areas inside the building. Remember: The Swap Shop is managed by volunteers and its success depends upon everyone doing their part! — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages on Facebook.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

This year’s winter has been milder than last year’s (so far!), but wet, heavy, snow still takes a toll on trees and other landscaping. Downed branches like these can be recycled at our facility along with other yard waste. Not sure where to take them? Click here. — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages on Facebook.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

PAPER TOWELING, NAPKINS AND FACIAL TISSUES should never go in single stream recycling! Such items are frequently contaminated by dirt, grease, or food — like these oily paper towels — and cannot be recycled. Click here for a complete list of SSR guidelines. — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages 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.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

Recyclables that arrive at the sorting facility in closed plastic bags are often removed from assembly and thrown in the trash. If you transport your single stream recyclables to the Darien Recycling Center in closed plastic bags, please simply OPEN THE BAGS before dropping them in the hopper! — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages 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.

Another Quick Recycling Tip:

A battery is a battery is a battery, right? Wrong. Common household batteries include alkaline, nickel cadmium, lithium ion, nickel metal hydride, small sealed lead acid, silver oxide and zinc-air. Most people don’t know the difference, or what to do with them when they’re used up. In Darien there is no need to: BRING ALL HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES TO THE DARIEN RECYCLING CENTER, where they will be properly disposed of or recycled — look for the blue barrels inside the transfer station building.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

WANTED – USABLE OR UNUSABLE TEXTILES

There’s no telling how much snow will be dumped on our region this weekend, but one thing is for sure: this is a great time of year to clean out closets and drawers! But before that single sock or ripped t-shirt is tossed in the trash, check out the sign over the USAGAIN BINS at the Darien Recycling Center — many of those “unusable” textiles can be recycled! — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages 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.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

The reason why residents are asked to flatten cardboard before putting it in single stream recycling is because cardboard boxes take up a lot of space in the roll-off container, as seen here, causing it to fill up more quickly than it needs to. Please take the simple step of flattening large cardboard boxes before putting them in single stream recycling! — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages 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.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

Old toothbrushes are great for laundry stains, cleaning grout and a host of other household tasks. DID YOU KNOW that when they’ve reached the end of their useful life, toothbrushes can be tossed in with single stream recycling? — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages 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.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

More and more people are listening to music in digital format and moving these right out of their homes. DVDs and CDs (and their casings) are plastic and can be placed with single stream recycling. Those that are in good shape can also be dropped at the Swap Shop for someone else’s listening pleasure! — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages 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.

Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

THE SKINNY ON PHOTOS

We all have them, right? Boxes and boxes of old photos that were either not good enough or too plentiful to fill albums.

If it’s time to say good-bye to some of them, should they be trashed or recycled? The answer is: both! Older photos developed using chemicals should be thrown away (or reused in craft projects); digital photos do not require chemicals and can be recycled in single stream. To read more about this and how to tell the difference, click here.

Photo from the Darien Recycling Center on Facebook

You don’t have to separate everything to recycle at the Darien Recycling Center — another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

This past Saturday was a busy day at the Darien Recycling Center with residents bringing in lots of recycling, especially single stream recyclables! — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages 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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Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

THAT’S US! A new sign posted at our facility lets residents know how to find us on the Internet. Type “Darien Recycling Center” into any browser and a wealth of info comes up including our website and this Facebook page. Please also follow us on Twitter @DarienRecycles! — This announcement comes from the Darien Recycling Center pages on Facebook.

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Another Quick Recycling Tip in our series:

Since it opened in late 2009, the SWAP SHOP at the Darien Recycling Center has been a local hot spot. Staffed entirely by volunteers, the Swap Shop saves taxpayers dollars by reducing the amount of waste we pay to have hauled away. A few simple guidelines: items dropped off must be in usable or repairable condition. No TVs, air conditioners, clothing, mattresses or cribs. Hours are 7 a.m. to [2 p.m.] and a valid permit is required for entry.