As important as recycling is recycling properly or the whole system gets jammed up. Here's how to recycle aluminum cans and ...

Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When the cans are recycled, the heat applied to the metal burns away the paper ...

For the sake of a 30-second wash you can feel assured yours won’t be a problem. Food and drink cans are one of the most straightforward things to recycle. They’re easily melted down and the ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard ... and items that can't be recycled, can degrade ...

Blue bins are provided for recycling paper, cardboard, cans, plastic, and glass. Other items such as electronics are collected separately for proper recycling. Items that can be recycled at ...

All that metal, all that plastic. Used once and thrown away. Sure, cans can be recycled forever, but that still takes energy — burning a bit of diesel. And plastic? Yes, it can be recycled ...

In many homes, half-empty paint cans sit untouched in basements ... “In an effort to preserve landfill capacity we should be recycling things that can be recycled and this is just really ...