Lots of people find recycling confusing. It’s bad enough that every town has slightly different rules. What one town accepts the next one down the road doesn’t. But what can make recycling really confusing? Lots of what people think they … Continue reading →
You want to be a conscientious recycler. Unfortunately, many people, maybe including you, find recycling rules complicated. After all, local governments set their own recycling rules, and the US has thousands of them. Some people recycle carelessly and sometimes they … Continue reading →
Have you stopped to think that the calls to recycle more don’t mention battery recycling? You can’t just put dead batteries out with the bottles, cans, and wastepaper. I used to think it was illegal to put them in the … Continue reading →
Do you garden? Then you need compost. You can either buy bags of it at a store or make compost at home, which saves both money and valuable landfill space. Gardeners call compost “black gold.” It creates rich humus that … Continue reading →
Americans recycle badly. We commit two equal and opposite mistakes: not recycling at all or putting the wrong things in our recycling. Trying to recycle what can’t be recycled has earned the name “aspirational recycling.” Are you guilty? I took … Continue reading →
Once you haul your recyclables out to the curb, what happens to them? A lot of the recycling process depends on your municipality’s practices. Most rely on single-stream recycling. That is, they require households and businesses to separate commingled recyclables … Continue reading →