Holiday Recycling Tips
Americans have 25% more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. So chances are, your household will have some stuff that you're not sure what to do with.
Ridwell is here to help you be a better recycler this season.
Know what goes where
With all those extra packages, presents, and decorations during the holidays, we'll help you get rid of stuff the right way this season!
Recycling
Paper & Cardboard
Metal cans
Hard Plastic
Ridwell
What we save from the trash
Thin plastic overwrap
Bubblewrap
Styrofoam
Packing peanuts
Plastic shipping envelopes
Batteries
Light bulbs & holiday lights
Clean plastic utensils
Wine corks
Trash or Reuse
Ribbons & bows
Foiled or glittery wrapping paper
Recycling Tips
Even though recycling centers do a great job sorting our stuff, there are some important tips that help the whole system work better.
Paper & Cardboard
Flattened cardboard, newspaper, magazines, office paper and common mail can be recycled as long as they aren’t contaminated by food, liquid or waste.
PROTIP: Don't recycle the foil or glittery wrapping paper! That stuff is a mixed material: plastic and metal and is best reused!
Metal
Before recycling food and drink cans, remove paper or plastic labels and clean out any food or liquid! That can result in mold.
PROTIP: Pieces of metal smaller than 3 inches need to be thrown away or reused! They fall through the cracks.
Hard Plastic
Hard plastics, like toy packaging, milk jugs, and yogurt containers can all go in your recycling bin if they've been well-rinsed.
PROTIP: Flexible plastics like grocery bags, bubble wrap, and styrofoam go to Ridwell or else must be thrown away!
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