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Filed under: Sustainability, Recycling 101

So, I just got some good news from Metro Recycling Specialist Patrick Morgan. Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Recycling 101

Oh, that pesky Styrofoam. You hate to throw it away because it takes forever to decompose. But it's certainly not recyclable – not in the curbside bins, anyway. Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Recycling 101

This one comes from my own personal arsenal of pesky recycling questions: What's up with the numbers inside those raised recycling triangles on plastic containers? Are they trying to tell me something? Because apparently I haven't been listening. Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Recycling, Recycling 101

The recycling questions keep rolling in. This one is from EarthFix Editor David Steves, who asked me about soiled material that would otherwise be recyclable: "I've always wondered: Can you ruin a whole batch of recycling by not washing things out?" Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Recycling, Recycling 101

Last week, at the request of OPB's online news editor, I asked Metro's recycling information specialist Patrick Morgan how to recycle little plastic doodads such as bread bag ties and milk spout seals. Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Recycling, Recycling 101

A few months ago, OPB’s online news editor Rebecca Galloway started bringing small articles of plastic to my desk with a request: Can you figure out whether I can recycle this? Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Recycling 101