Not all things are suitable for curbside recycling. In Cuyahoga County, only five items belong: Cans, cartons, glass bottles and jars, paper and boxes plus plastic bottles and jugs. And there are best practices to recycling right. One best practice is to make sure that your curbside recyclables are empty, clean and dry.
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Earth Day Reflections and the Environment
The outrage that sparked environmental change in the 1970’s can also spark the change we need now, 49 years later, to address current problems of plastic pollution, climate change and the rollback of our environmental laws.
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11 Ideas for Greener Campus Living
Whether you’re moving away to college for the first time or you’re going back for another semester, you’ll want to make sure you remember to bring your good environmental habits from home to campus.
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Sustainable Cleveland’s Skip the Straw Campaign
The United States uses enough straws every day to wrap around the Earth’s circumference 2.5 times. According to the Ocean Conservancy, volunteers for the International al Coastline Cleanup have collected nine million straws and stirrers from beaches and waterway over the past 30 years.
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Waste Problem Driven By Economics
We all need to be aware of the impact of our waste but we also need to be aware that we will not recycle our way out of our waste problem. There are limits to recycling. As a result, recycling properly is more important than ever. We can’t put trash into our recycling bins and wish it will all get recycled.
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3 Factors that Determine if Something Can Be Recycled
Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. For recycling to work, there must be a large supply of a homogeneous materials, a way to collect and process those materials and there needs to be a market demand. And all that has to make sense economically.
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NEORSD’s Pitch Those Pills
Unwanted medications should not be flushed. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District makes it easy to Pitch Those Pills and safely dispose of unwanted medications at local collection events.
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Business Recycling is Not One-Size-Fits-All
Companies call looking for a way to add recycling services at their office, building or manufacturing facility. Sometimes, adding recycling to a company’s current services is easy. Other times, there are just a few extra steps to start recycling.
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Plan to Reduce Your Recycling Stress
Learn how to avoid last-minute recycling and disposal stress when you plan. Planning early, including finding answers for disposal and recycling options, gives you time and choices. We’ll show you how.
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MedWish: Medical Supplies Get a Second Life
MedWish accepts unused, unexpired medical supplies and usable equipment. These donations power the Cleveland-based nonprofit and have allowed shipments of medical supplies to reach those in need.
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