Steel and aluminum cans are recyclable, but other metal items are not. Pots, pans, baking sheets, silverware, and bicycle or ...

Being a good recycler requires some homework. A recent Reddit thread displayed a universal concern about putting the wrong takeout containers in the recycling bin, and whether or not we should be ...

As carts for single-sort recycling and organics waste add to the string of garbage carts sitting at the curb each week, cities face a challenge: what to do about storing all those bins. People may ...

It never fails. You thought you prepared the perfect curbside recycling bin only to arrive home to find items left behind. You then wonder, what did I do wrong? Why were these items left in my bin?

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