Recycle?

ootmother2

I always put bottles and cans in the recycle bin beside the garbage chute but I'm uncertain about some other things.  )There's also a bin for magazines and newspapers).

 

what about:

toothpaste tubes

pharmacy bottles & caps

hair product bottles

 

tia

 

sunshine_day_dreams

Hmm...Have you ever looked inside the bins to see what other people are leaving?  What gets taken depends on your city/county's recycling policy.  Some areas only allow for limited recycling of bottles and cans and others accept a lot of things.  (It's county by county here.)  In my county, they will accept pharmacy bottles, hair product bottles, etc. but not their lids.  They will not take toothpaste tubes b/c of the residual paste left in the tube.

SuperGreen

Call your recycling company.  We found out that ours accepts way more stuff than was shown on the label on our recycling bin, and that they didn't accept some stuff I assumed they would, like plastic bags.  I know it's a bit of a PITA, but you only have to make the call once.

lilqtfox69

I check for the plastic recycling # on everything, and if it doesn't have one I throw it away, sadly. Most things they want rinsed out and labels/lids taken off, even shampoo bottles, etc. Why can't everything just be recyclable?!

CDMay2006

SuperGreen:

Call your recycling company.  We found out that ours accepts way more stuff than was shown on the label on our recycling bin, and that they didn't accept some stuff I assumed they would, like plastic bags.  I know it's a bit of a PITA, but you only have to make the call once.

Or their website may have a chart/guide of what is and is not accepted.

Jen&Joe06

Make sure you take your info off the pill bottles before recycling them!

ootmother2

Thank you all for the info!