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Recycle Myers is back with another recycling scare—styrofoam! 🎃 Styrofoam isn't just a nightmare for your blue bin, but for the environment too. Styrofoam takes around 500 years to break down in a landfill! Avoid it if you can, but if you can’t, make sure to throw it in the trash. #RecyclingNightmares #RecycleRight #AZRecycles #RecycleMyers

Get ready for another Recycling Nightmare with Recycle Myers 🧟♂️ This time, he’s here to stop another mistake—putting personal paper products like used paper towels, napkins, and tissues in the blue bin! 🧻🚫 Putting them in the recycling bin can lead to contamination. Instead, compost them if possible, or toss them in the trash to stop this nightmare from spreading ♻️ Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g3hUJGWb #RecyclingNightmares #RecycleRight #AZRecycles

As we head into the holidays, a reminder: recycling as much as possible will help reduce your trash bill while keeping trash volumes low. The City of Fayetteville operates a pay-as-you-throw trash program. Each year, residents with curbside service receive four extra trash bag pick-ups to use throughout the year. Once these have been used, households will be charged $8.39 for each additional bag pick-up. Carts with an open lid due to overflowing trash bags count as an extra bag and will incur a charge for each occurrence. To learn what is recyclable in Fayetteville, go to: https://lnkd.in/g2PdefFx

The number of households that participate in the Covington curbside recycling program has grown tremendously in the last eight years. Here are the numbers by neighborhood. Numbers represent the percentage of households who contract for trash pickup that also use a recycling cart. Notice that every single neighborhood has increased over this period. The recycling program carries no additional cost beyond the annual trash collection fee. In all, some 2,410 tons of recyclable material was diverted from landfills in Fiscal Year 2024. #recycling #CovRecycles #CovingtonRecycles #recyclingprogram

Many people are still not aware of the dangers of incorrect battery disposal. Batteries and items containing them should never be disposed of in your trash & recycling! Proper disposal is crucial for our safety and the environment. For more information, check out this resource: https://lnkd.in/g7xxbaaT #BatteryRecycling #Sustainability #EnvironmentalProtection

Recycle Myers is back with another #recyclingnightmare and this one is a seriously dangerous mistake – putting batteries in your blue recycling bin! 🔋 Did you know? Batteries can cause serious fires in recycling trucks and at recycling centers, putting workers and the environment at risk 🔥 Instead of tossing them in the bin, take your old batteries to a hazardous waste center for safe disposal. Find a drop-off center near you ➡️ call2recycle.org/locator/ #RecyclingTips #RecycleRight #AZRecycles

you help protect our planet 🌍 and keep harmful materials out of landfills. Businesses and schools have a big role to play in this effort. Here's how you can make a difference: 1. **Educate Your Team**: Make sure everyone knows the importance of e-waste recycling. 2. **Use Our Services**: We offer convenient pick-up services and drop-off locations throughout Toledo. 3. **Plan Regular Drives**: Organize e-waste drives to collect old electronics from your community. Ready to take action? Request a pick-up for your e-waste today! 🚛 Share or comment if you found this helpful! #EwasteRecycling #Sustainability #GreenBusiness #ewaste #recycling #environment

Recycle Myers is back to warn you about one of the scariest mistakes you can make – putting dirty food containers and takeout boxes in the recycling bin! 🍕🥡 Food residue contaminates recycling and can send the entire batch to the landfill. Remember: some takeout containers, especially wax-coated or greasy boxes, can't be recycled at all! If you're not sure, check the label or toss them in the trash to avoid a real recycling nightmare ♻️ Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g3hUJGWb #RecyclingNightmares #RecycleRight #AZRecycles #RecycleMyers

Seattle’s commingled recycling system is not just effective — it’s a national model. 🌍🏙️ Despite concerns raised about this approach, the data shows it works in Seattle, reducing landfill waste and increasing recycling participation. Discover how we're driving the city toward zero waste, from free curbside pickups to statewide producer responsibility programs. And thank you for being active participants in creating a more sustainable future! Read the full op-ed in The Seattle Times🔗 - https://lnkd.in/g6-s6jes

“One time-consuming dream of theirs is a circular economy where everything is reused.” 🤔 “But people don’t want to. You’re asking them to do things they don’t want to do.” 🙄 I’m generally appreciative of Stossels reports that take a critical look at some widely accepted narratives that just aren’t true. Even in this case, I’m glad he’s shining a light on plastics recycling which many people still think is an effective way to dispose of plastic. What I think is odd, is his simple dismissal of circularity and characterizing it as some crack pipe dream. Is it impossible to believe that we can adopt better habits by saving and reusing a lot of what we currently throw away? I think he would agree that it is both economically responsible and environmentally positive to save and conserve resources that can be put to a beneficial use over and over again. Years ago, my wife started carrying around a reusable water bottle and made sure the kids each had one too. She never made a pronouncement of why she was doing it or forced any of us to do the same, she just did it. A while back we were chatting and she mentioned that she thought plastic water bottles were wasteful so that’s why she started carrying around a reusable one. I don’t think it’s too much to ask people to adopt good habits. And I think most people are willing to adopt new habits, even if they are a little inconvenient at first if it improves their lives. Off the top of my head I can think of exercise, healthy food, safe practices, all sorts of things we ask people to do that require effort but are worth the investment. This is why I think composting food waste is such an easy ask. The benefits to our health are endless by keeping food waste out of landfills and getting it back into the soil where it belongs. 🙌