Be Smart | Recycling Is Broken. Here’s How We Can Fix It. @besmart | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 9 minutes ago
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If everyone would just put more in the recycling bin instead of the trash can, the world would be a better place. Right? Well, that’s not exactly true. For many items that end up in the recycling bin, you’ve actually created more trash by trying to recycle them. You’ve also made it harder to recycle the stuff that CAN be saved, and basically demonstrated that recycling is broken… at least the way we do it today. Here’s how we can fix it.

What can you recycle? Some helpful links:
recyclenow.com
wm.com/us/en/inside-wm/recycle-right/recycling-101

References: sites.google.com/view/recycling-is-broken/home

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