{"id":327709,"date":"2010-02-16T16:12:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/green.yahoo.com\/blog\/the_conscious_consumer\/123\/five-surprising-things-you-can-throw-in-the-recycling-bin.html"},"modified":"2010-02-16T16:12:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:12:01","slug":"five-surprising-things-you-can-throw-in-the-recycling-bin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/327709","title":{"rendered":"Five surprising things you can throw in the recycling bin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo: Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

You already know if newspapers, tin cans, or plastic bottles
\nget picked up on your curb for recycling, but what about similar items? <\/p>\n

Chances
\nare phone books, aluminum foil, and other hard-to-know-what-to-do-with items
\ncan be mixed in with your curbside recycling. <\/p>\n

Every town has different rules so you’ll need to check with
\nyour local waste or sanitation department to find out the specifics for your
\narea. <\/p>\n

In most cases, it’s easier to recycle these five unexpected items than you
\nmight think. <\/p>\n

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  1. Phone books.<\/strong> If your city takes mixed paper, then phonebooks can
    \ngenerally be recycled<\/a>, according to Jennifer Berry at Earth911. Be sure to
    \nremove magnetic inserts or any other non-paper elements before you toss. Has
    \nthe Internet rendered the yellow pages obsolete in your home? You can     choose
    \nnot to have directories delivered<\/a> in the first place or limit how many you
    \nreceive. Here are     17
    \ncreative things to do with phone books<\/a> for those who prefer to reuse or can’t
    \neasily recycle.<\/li>\n

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  2. Aluminum foil.<\/strong> It’s just as recyclable as aluminum cans, but not accepted by all
    \nmunicipal programs. Check with your local waste department before you throw
    \nfoil in with your metals. Make sure it’s clean first. Many people wash foil off
    \nwith soap and water and reuse it for storing food. Or try     crumpling
    \nup old foil and throwing it in the clothes dryer<\/a> to reduce static cling. <\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  3. Aerosol cans.<\/strong> You can include EMPTY
    \naerosol cans<\/a> with other metals. If it has any product in it don’t toss it
    \nin your bin. Ask your local recycling center if they’ll accept partially filled
    \ncans or bring them to your local hazardous waste facility. <\/li>\n

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  4. Labels.<\/strong> Labels aren’t a problem on bottles and cans, says Berry, because recycling
    \nfacilities are already set up to handle them so no extra steps are needed. It’s
    \nalso okay to throw     slightly
    \ndirty glass, plastic, and metal containers<\/a> into your bin. So don’t let that
    \nlime wedge or last bit of peanut butter stop you from tossing a container into
    \nyour recycling bin. <\/li>\n

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  5. Metal clothes hangers.<\/strong> Some communities, such as
    \nNew York City, Phoenix, Houston, and Portland, OR, accept     metal clothes
    \nhangers<\/a> in curbside bins. In most cities there are plenty of recycling
    \ncenters where you can drop them off. Better yet, bring them back to your local dry cleaner so hangers can be reused.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n

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    (Photo: Getty Images) You already know if newspapers, tin cans, or plastic bottles get picked up on your curb for recycling, but what about similar items? Chances are phone books, aluminum foil, and other hard-to-know-what-to-do-with items can be mixed in with your curbside recycling. Every town has different rules so you’ll need to check with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3953,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3953"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}