{"id":583,"date":"2019-05-13T11:04:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=583"},"modified":"2020-10-13T11:08:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T15:08:53","slug":"contaminated-recycling-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"Contaminated Recycling Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Contaminated Recycling Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, the quality and amount of recycling has been reduced due to contamination. Recycling carts, bins, and dumpsters get filled with non-recyclable items every day. Contamination occurs when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Non-recyclable materials are put into a recycle bin.<\/li><li>Recyclable materials contain too much food wastes.<\/li><li>Recyclable materials are put into a recycle bin in the wrong manner, for example, in a plastic bag.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why is Contamination Bad?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a certain&nbsp;percent of a batch of recycling is contaminated, the whole batch of recycling is considered unusable and thrown away. Contaminated recycling materials end up in landfills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What Can You Do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To avoid contaminated recycling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Check that the material is recyclable. Contact your recycling hauler to determine what materials they can recycle. Just because an item has a recycle symbol on the bottom, does not mean it will be accepted everywhere. \u00a0<\/li><li>Rinse jars, bottles, and cans that have visible residue in them. A quick rinse is usually adequate.<\/li><li>Throw away heavily soiled items.<\/li><li>Do not put food wastes in recycle bins. Food wastes should be put in the trash or in a compost pile.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recycling is Required<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Municipal and state regulations require that residents, commercial establishments and non-residential establishments recycle all recyclable materials.&nbsp; Commonly recycled materials include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Paper \u2013 newspaper, office\/copy paper, glossy paper, color paper, cardboard, junk mail, phone books, cereal\/cracker boxes<\/li><li>Plastic \u2013 bottles and jugs No. 1-7<\/li><li>Glass \u2013 clear, green and brown containers<\/li><li>Metal \u2013 aluminum, steel, tin, and bimetal cans and containers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You should check with your hauler for a complete list of acceptable recyclable materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contaminated Recycling Materials In recent years, the quality and amount of recycling has been reduced due to contamination. Recycling carts,&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=583\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Contaminated Recycling Materials<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10,8],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recyclingnews","tag-contaminated","tag-recycling-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}