Washing Containers Before Recycling

But i ve become increasingly frustrated trying to get certain pet food cans yogurt containers and margarine containers.

Washing containers before recycling.

If you ve dedicated yourself to recycling i truly applaud your effort. Washing containers before recycling might be a good idea for you but for some it is not. This is also the same with the debate whether it is much better to use reusable or disposable cups or bottles. City recycling instructs you to put clean containers in the recycle bins.

Since recyclables are all mixed together the materials like pasta jars or yogurt containers need to be free of any food residue a spokesperson from the trash and recycling company waste management tells me. By way of example ask yourself and your friends how much time you spend rinsing out tins yoghurt pots and other food containers before throwing them in the recycling. If empty jars bottles and cans have visible residue within the container you should rinse them out before tossing them in the recycling bin. Plastic bottles including laundry detergent bottles are some of the least recycled containers on the market today.

You have to wash your recyclables sometimes. Recycling is one of the easiest things you can do for the environment. This article i read might prove us wrong in thinking that reusable bottles are a better option than disposable ones. Every time i have a dirty container to recycle i make sure to thoroughly wash out all the stains grease and whatever mess may be sticking to the container s insides.

They cited an excerpt from. If there s no way to wash the mess out i always pause before throwing the container out. Instead of simply throwing out your old laundry detergent bottles all you have to do is clean them and put them in the recycling bin.