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Recycling - How to Recycle.

How you can recycle, its so easy.

If you've gotten over the WHY? to recycle, perhaps you want to know how just to go about it. What guidlines should you follow etc, etc?

I found a very concise and particularly interesting website called www.obviously.com. They made something called "The Worlds Shortest Comprehensive Recycling Guide". For good measure, I decided to summarize this. Ha ha, I know, a SUMMARY of the shortest recycling guide ever, gee thanks. I do suggest you print off the table in the link above, it fits on one page and can be a good reminder for recycling.

Good to recycle Bad to recycle
Unbroken glass containers Ceramics, pyrex, tablware, windows, lightbulbs, mirrors.
Clean dry newspapers &
newspaper inserts		 Rubber bands, plastic bags, product samples, water, dirt, mold or other contamination.
Empty metal cans, caps, lids, bands and foil Full cans, spray cans unless instructed, cans with paint or hazardous waste.
Plastic stamped #1 or #2
on the bottom. Some areas only accept clear plastic or certain shapes.		 Plastic types #3, #4, #5, #6 or especially #7.
Grocery bags, most clear plastic bags especially if marked #2 or #4. Also in many places bubble wrap and padded bubble envelopes. Paper, water, dirt, mold or other contamination.
Mixed paper: junk mail, magazines, photocopies, computer printouts, cereal/shoe boxes, etc. (some places also take corrugated cardboardand phone books) Stickers, napkins, tissues, waxed paper, milk cartons, carbon paper, laminated paper (fast food wraps, some food bags, drink boxes, foil), neon paper, thermal fax paper. Any wet or food stained paper.
Scrap aluminum such as lawn chairs, window frames and pots Metal parts attracted to magnets. Non-metal parts.
Motor oil and Tires.
Automotive batteries, sealed lead/gel-cell batteries
Rechargeable batteries (cordless phone, camcorder, shaver, portable appliance, computer, etc.)
Laser/Ink printer cartridges
Household toxics (paints, oils, solvents, pesticides, cleaners)
Computers, eyeglasses, household goods

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