Recycling can be so confusing! Can you recycle juice boxes? Egg crates?, Coffee cups? Oh My! The answer likely depends on where you live. For example, tin foil? Sometimes, but it better not have food stuck to it? Plastic bottles? Most… Continue Reading
Just because a plastic bottle or container has a “chasing arrow symbol” with a number in it doesn’t mean the item is recyclable. It does mean that we can tell a lot about what kind of plastic it is and… Continue Reading
Most recycling we do is open loop recycling. This means that a discarded product is not recycled back into the same product. Instead, a product’s materials — usually paper, metal, glass or plastic– are broken down so their base materials… Continue Reading
The goal in recycling metals, plastics, glass, paper, and wood is to eliminate waste going to landfills or incinerators and to conserve natural resources. Aluminum cans be recycled into aluminum cans over and over again, but few materials can travel… Continue Reading
Not all products are recycled in the same way, but they are recycled for the same basic reasons: to preserve the earth’s natural resources, such as precious metals, minerals, and wood to reduce the need to landfill and incinerate to cut… Continue Reading