This distinction comes up in regards to single stream recycling when faced with two items of the same material type, but only one of which is acceptable in a particular program. Everything in the world can be recycled, but not all materials have a process in place to collect, remake into new materials or has […]
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The recycling of cartons, sometimes known as aseptic packaging, is tough! Many cartons are paper coated with polyethylene (plastic), or both polyethylene and foil. This mixed material item, is also a very small amount of the total tonnage that City residents generate on daily and yearly basis. So small that it doesn’t even get measured […]