How to Separate Your Recycling

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Recycling your garbage is noble, and in many places mandatory. But it also can be very confusing. This guide will clear up the rules.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A trash can
Recycling bins
String

Step 1: Check laws

Check the local laws regarding recycling in your town. Not all communities recycle the same things.

Step 2: Rinse

Rinse glass bottles, plastic containers, and aluminum and tin cans. Labels do not have to be removed. Recycle the plastic caps of water and soda bottles, but toss the ones from laundry detergent and food containers.

Tip: If you're confused about whether a plastic item can be recycled, look for its resin identification code -- a triangle with a number inside. Products marked "1" and "2" are recyclable. Don't recycle unmarked plastic containers.

Step 3: Separate

In general, containers that held food, beverages, household cleaners, or personal care products like shampoo and mouthwash are all recyclable. Separate plastic; glass; aluminum, tin, and aerosol cans; and aluminum foil.

Tip: Light bulbs, drinking glasses, crystal, window and mirror glass, ceramics, and kitchen cookware don't get recycled.

Step 4: Handle with caution

Contact your local sanitation department for instructions on how to dispose of anything that held potentially hazardous material such as motor oil, pesticides, paint, solvents, and batteries.

Step 5: Bundle paper

Place together all newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, letters, envelopes, and promotional advertisements. Be sure to keep all paper dry.

Tip: Be careful about recycling that can be used to steal your identity, like financial statements and unsolicited, pre-approved credit card applications. Shred them before recycling.

Step 6: Gather cardboard

Remove any tape from cardboard boxes and brown paper bags before flattening them. Check if items like pizza and cereal boxes are recycled in your area. If they are, include them, too.

Step 7: Dispose

Find out when your city picks up recycling -- sometimes on a different day from when garbage is collected -- so you know when to leave those bins and boxes by the curb.

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[Ilyuga]

We should all feel insulted from watching this video. If you don't recycle because it's too much of a hassle then maybe you should also just shit your pants instead of walking all the way to the bathroom. That's less of a hassle, too.

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[jmlinde]

In connecticut you dont have to sort any of your recycling. Its called single stream recycling. If CT has it I'm guessing most other places do too.

[thejsw1250]

I only recycle if it's profitable for me. I still have to pay a garbage fee so everything but aluminum goes in the trash.

[roxcyn]

It's a nice video. However my city let's us put it all in one bag (no separating) and recycles all plastics 1-7.

[valigrl151]

Lmao NOBODY goes through that much trouble to recycle. I throw all my glass, plastic and paper shit in one bin. They should be sorting through it at the plant. And btw, where the fuck did they get that fake phonebook?? HowCast cracks me up.

[bigtandan]

Should be titled, how to wash ur garbage.. I work with a guy n he spends more energy washing his garbage.. Dont get this at all, washing garbage.. This people r freaks!!

[Bigdoghooded8]

Mike tht's a great atitude . Why not just throw all the tonages of trash in the street were we all have to step over it and make the place real homey . Do u do that in ur living spaces?!?!? Slobs of the world don't take mike advice!

[mikelatsko]

Trash company takes $170 of my wages every three months. They can do it themselves! Then they charge me a fuel charge on top of that. They are going to have to pay me to separate.

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