5/30/2618 Your Recycling Gets Recycled, Right? Maybe, or Maybe Not - The New York Times
Rogue customers who make mistakes might see an “Oops” sticker the next time they check their
recycling bin, he said,
In Eugene, similar restrictions have been imposed by the waste company Sanipac. These have
not sat well with some residents. “Eugene is a very green city and people love their recycling
here,” said Diane Peterson, a resident. “There are a lot of things like yogurt containers that we get
ail the time, and now we can’t recycle them.”
Leah Geocaris, another Eugene resident, said the change had prompted her to try to consume
less overall. “On the one hand, I hate it, because I don’t want stuff to end up in landfill,” she said.
“On the other hand, it’s a wake-up call.”
“Recycling is the third R,’ she said. “You have to reduce and reuse first.”
Here's how to recycle smarter
6 Things You’re Recycling Wrong
Can you recycle coffee cups or greasy pizza boxes? If you’re tossing things in the recycling bin out of sheer hope, you
might be an “aspirational recycler.”
May 29, 2018
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