Tag: recycling
If you’re in the market for a greeting card, you’re likely to find one for just about any occasion. Everything from birthdays, Christmas, sympathy, thinking of you, and “thank you” to more obscure things like Groundhog Day, Boss’ Day and Sweetest Day.
In terms of recycling, a contaminant is anything that is not conducive to the recycling process of a particular commodity.
Recycling should be a process in which clean, empty recyclable materials are sorted and baled then sent to the world market for reuse. Contaminants, however, prevent this process from not only going smoothly, but sometimes prevent it from going on at all.
Flour has come in everything from tins to sacks, to cardboard boxes. Some containers, however, have gone by the wayside due to environmental and ecological demands.
Wax Paper, or waxed paper, is just that…a single layer of paper coated with a thin layer of wax. It has many uses in the kitchen as a moisture resistant wrapping for food to keep it from getting soggy, among other uses. After using it, however, what should be done with it?
Most people agree that all paper, however, is recyclable. Even store receipts? On this subject, there is some controversy and confusion. Avid recyclers would tend to quickly categorize them as “Paper” and toss them in with their recycling. Here are a couple basic guidelines.
Storing and shipping almost always involve some type of tape or adhesive. Does the tape have to be removed before throwing the boxes into your recycling? Not at all.
What’s in a color? More than you might think. Color isn’t just something we choose because it’s pretty or bright and attention getting. There is a whole psychology behind why we like or choose the colors that we do.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans wear out about 290 million tires a year, and recycle 233 million of them. This number is actually astonishing and lands way above the recycling rate for some items that we would think would be recycled at a far higher rate.
Single Stream recycling, also called "Fully Commingled" or "Single Sort", is a process where all recyclable items are collected together in a single bin instead of being separated into different bins at your home. That single bin is collected and emptied into one truck along with other single stream bins in your neighborhood.. These commingled items are sorted and separated by type and eventually make their way to companies who can use these commodities to make new items.