All dry recyclables go into the green box. Newspapers, magazines and catalogues should go into your green bag. You should have had a separate 'What goes where' leaflet that explains this in detail.
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• YES! PRIMO bottles can and should be recycled. • PRIMO bottles contain a “light signature” which allows recycling facilities to use existing infrared sorters. For other recycling facilities, an inexpensive black light could be used to aid visual
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Just about everything.Post-its, envelopes (even with windows and labels), paper with staples and paper clips is even okay to throw in the recycling box, magazines, newspapers, butcher and packaging paper, thin cardboard (like cereal box),
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The separated materials are taken to a contractor for bulking up at a transfer station, before being transported to a reprocessor for recycling.
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When autos and trucks are shredded to reclaim metals, a significant amount of other materials are generated such as upholstery and plastics (auto fluff). This material is often contaminated during the recycling process and must be managed as a
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Yes, both PVC and PET are recyclable materials. As a result, we have a recycling program in place with our primary material supplier in which we grind both PVC and PET scrap and then sell it back to the material supplier through a closed-loop
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Yes, new bulk bags are made from 100% virgin polypropylene. • Q: What is a duffel top? A duffel top is typically a 30" high "skirt" sewn to the top of a bulk bag. The duffel usually comes with a tie allowing the user to secure the duffel closed, at
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Yes, our bags are 100% recyclable. The material is a #5 plastic, a medium grade plastic which can be reformed into many products that would normally be made out of wood such as chairs, benches, wood-like planking and decking and signs, all with a
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Fluorescent tubes are now recyclable through the Centre & South Hastings Hazardous Waste Collection Program. Click here to go to the schedule of hazardous waste collection dates and locations for the current year. Regular incandescent bulbs are not
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