Originally Posted by
Snow mom
I think the best thing you can do is follow your communities guidelines. If they say plastics 1-5 do not throw number 6 plastic in your bin.
This. Our city stopped accepting glass containers and juice cartons in July. They also no longer take big plastic items like pails/buckets, litter boxes, etc. I can't remember exactly why, but something about costs, etc. It's so weird to throw away glass bottles and jars. I try to reuse what I can, but I have a need for only so many items. The big thing our city is enforcing this year is if you are in doubt about whether something can be recycled, toss it.
I do have a question about drying recylables. How do you guys do it? We have a lot of soda cans and plastic drink containers every week (lemonade, tea, etc). I rinse them out, but I don't really have a place to let them air dry. Do you guys keep a drain rack around for those?
DS: Raising heck since 12/09