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Construction Recycling Tips A Cheat Sheet for Responsible C&D Disposal Tackling a big renovation, remodel, or new construction project? If so, you are probably already thinking about what you will do for trash removal. Construction projects are notorious for the waste that they create. While renting a dumpster to haul off your trash is an easy solution, it is not the greenest solution. It can also get expensive. By finding ways to recycle your construction and demo (C&D) materials, you can reduce the amount of trash you have. Not only is this better for the environment, but it can also

What Plastic Products Can I Recycle? Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products. Compared to glass or metallic materials, plastic poses unique challenges – because of the massive number of types of plastic, they each carry a resin identification code and must be sorted before they can be recycled. This can be costly – while metals can be sorted using electromagnets, no such ‘easy sorting’ capability exists for plastics. In addition to this, while labels do not need to be removed from bottles for recycling, lids are often made

What Can I Recycle? Tips on recycling You may think you’re doing a good thing by trying to recycle as much as you can, however putting things in recycling that cannot be recycled can actually contaminate the whole load in turn doing more harm than good. Knowing what you can recycle and what not to do makes all the difference in keeping more waste out of landfills! Here are some things that can NOT be recycled in your curbside recycling bins: Contaminated cardboard (pizza boxes or anything with liquid soaked in) ANYTHING containing liquid Plastic bags (bring these back to