1. Plastic bottles only. If you wouldn’t call it a bottle, it doesn’t get recycled. Yogurt containers, restaurant delivery containers and plastic cups do not make the cut. Plastic shopping bags technically don’t go with the plastic recycling, but they'll get sorted out along the way.
2. Recycle anything more than 50% metal. And it's okay to leave the labels on as they burn away when the metal is smelted.
3. Glass bottles and jars only.
4. Milk and juice cartons go in the bin with the plastic, glass and metal.
5. Recycle any and all paper, staples and all. They'll get sorted out later.
Check out NYC's Department of Sanitation for more recycling guidelines. And when in doubt, recycle!
2 comments:
Do you have to sort them separately? Or does the city take care of that? I've heard nasty rumors that if it's going to mean extra work, they often just trash it anyway...
The city takes care of it. Actually, in one of my classes, we got to go to a recycling plant... which is apparently very undercover because, well, if you've ever seen a television show you know who usually owns "trash" and "recycling" companies. BUT, yes, they will take care of it or they are heavily fined.
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