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Originally Posted by GGG
In general if something can go in the green bin put it in the green bin. Composting actually makes sense.
If it is not pristine and perfectly clean uncontaminted recyclable material and can’t be composted put it in the garbage.
Contamination of recycling is a huge issue in the multistream recycling system and there is almost zero market for anything but aluminum and very clean paper products.
In general Compost first, Garbage second, and only the best product into recycling.
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I generally agree with you, and the general understanding that recycling isn't really all that effective is what lead to my post, but like Aluminum, I *believe* cardboard is one of the other products that makes sense financially and economically to recycle. Corrugated producers rely heavily on post-consumer products in their supply chain, so hence, was hoping to get an inside view on which (green vs blue) is best for the city here locally.
Huge tangent, but you hit the nail on the head - anything glass and most other plastics are not even worth recycling and when you consider the impacts of contamination and resale market - it makes the black bin a better choice for a huge chunk of recyclables here locally. Believe Aluminium and Cardboard being two of the exceptions to that.