One of the biggest recycling misconceptions is assuming the recycling facility can easily separate items placed in the bin, says Jay Simmons, packaging product development manager from North Pacific ...

Lexington’s recycling center can not take plastic bags. The new effort will turn plastic bags collected into a bench for Lextran riders.

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It can all go in the bin together, no bag needed. “When the material is bagged, they can’t sort it properly, so everything has to be loose,” said East Providence’s Department of Public Works Program ...

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Still, there are a few principles to follow: It’s useful if your bin is lightweight, durable, easy to thoroughly clean, and doesn’t permanently take on the odors of its contents. Stainless ...

and the same chic auto-empty dock as the pricier Combo j7+ make up for the middling cleaning. I also noticed that the Combo j5+'s auto-empty bin went much longer without needing to be dumped than ...

But before you chuck that piece of plastic in the bin, make sure you clean any leftover crumbs from the waste you want to recycle. Otherwise, it can contaminate whole loads of recycling, forcing it ...

If we want them to work at their best, we need to do a little work ourselves to keep them as clean as possible, which will help them work more effectively and prolong their lives. The warm ...

Instead, the city will spend 2025 trying to further educate residents about the value of recycling, before yanking blue bins from residents who have grown accustomed to using them as a secondary ...

Our favorite kitchen compost bins are affordable (or free), easy to clean, and may help you keep up a composting habit for the long run. Trying to recycle the wrong packaging gunks up the works at ...

A recent study from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India has revealed new details about how our cells clean up and recycle waste. This process, known as autophagy, is like a self ...