The holidays are a time for visiting with friends and family, eating way too much good food – and generating lots of recycling.
That's why, with so much refuse being sent to waste and recycling firms like Rumpke, it's important to make sure what you're putting in your recycling bin can actually be recycled.
One common household waste product that can't be dropped into a curbside Rumpke recycling bin: Plastic bags. (That means no storing your recyclables in plastic bags, either.)
As Sarah Sole reports for ThisWeekNews.com, plastic bags gum up recycling equipment, wearing down the machines and forcing refuse workers to clean out the plastic gunk.
So what's a person to do with no longer needed plastic bags? Bring them to the grocery store!
The American Chemistry Council's "Plastic Film Recycling" website offers a tool to find nearby stores and businesses that accept plastic bags for recycling. And Earth911.com has a helpful guide for how to prepare your plastic bags to be recycled.
For additional information on what can – and cannot – be put in Rumpke recycling bins, click here.
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