Category: Recyling Works

Single Stream recycling, also called "fully-comingled" or "single-sort", refers to a process where customers are able to place all of their clean recycling into the same container loose without having to sort or bag it.

Recycling doesn’t seem like it should be more for women than men, but more and more studies are showing that although many men do recycle, it is predominantly a practice for women.

The aluminum can recycling rate has risen in the past decade which means that America sees the aluminum can as a more obvious item to recycle. States with container deposit laws contribute to these high recycling figures, as well.

Wood is recyclable, right?  So many things can be made from wood how can it not be recyclable? Although some curbside recycling programs don’t yet accept wood, by not recycling wood we are depleting an extremely important natural resource.

Aerosol cans contain substances that are kept under pressure and are released as a fine spray when a button is pressed.

Much of the paper produced in the paper industry is recyclable, but wallpaper is not one of them.

Styrofoam is actually a genericized brand name for the actual material called polystyrene. Polystyrene containers do have a #6 recycle symbol in it, but very few recycling centers accept it.

Catalogs, insurance offers, magazines, coupon books, credit card offers…too much junk mail is getting delivered!  What should be done with it?

As referenced in a previous blog titled, “Do You Have Recycling Bias?” the term “Recycling Bias” refers to the tendency of people to throw larger or full sheets of paper into the recycling bin while bits and scraps of paper went into the trash. 

But how small is too small when it comes to recycling?

According to upcyclemagazine.com, upcycling is the process of taking something that is no longer needed or wanted and giving it new life as something that is useful or creative.