Shipping bags, boxes, envelopes, packing peanuts, bubble wrap and more. A guide to recycling packing materials.
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Can I Recycle Bubble Mailers and Padded Envelopes?
Bubble mailers, padded envelopes and plastic sleeves from shippers like Amazon can often be recycled, but usually not in your curbside bin.
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Why is Plastic Recycling So Confusing?
Plastic recycling is something many people have questions about. We explain why recycling plastic is so darn confusing.
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How to Recycle Plastic Plant Pots
What to do with plastic plant pots? You shouldn’t throw them in your recycling bin, but there are some options to recycle plastic plant pots.
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How to Recycle Coffee Pods (Recycling Keurig coffee pods or capsules)
Can you recycle coffee pods, tea capsules and K-Cups? Yes, but it’s not as simple as throwing them in your recycling bin.
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Can Guinness Cans Be Recycled?
Some beers like Guinness come with a plastic ball, or widget, inside the can. Here’s how to recycle an aluminum can with a widget inside.
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It’s Time to Hold Manufacturers Responsible for Plastic Pollution
Why something called an EPR law may be the only solution to get our astronomical plastics problem under control in the United States.
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Do I Need to Rinse Recyclables?
We discuss how clean your recyclables need to be, whether you should rinse recyclables and recycling contamination.
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Understanding Aluminum Can Recycling
We answer your questions about recycling aluminum cans and how you might even be able to make a little money by scrapping.
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Yes, recycling is broken. It’s still worth doing.
Our recycling system is broken in many ways. This article explains how it got this way, and why you should still keep recycling.