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Environment & Energy

eridani

(51,907 posts) Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:04 AM Mar 2016

Good recycling tips from Green American

Has lots of subsidiary links tool

http://www.greenamerica.org/livinggreen/decluttering-tips.cfm

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Good recycling tips from Green American (Original Post) eridani Mar 2016 OP

Thank you! Duppers Mar 2016 #1

They recommend putting magazines in a stapled paper bag to 'avoid contamination' muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #2

I don't have a keurig, plain old coffee pot with non disposable filter for me but I always thought sue4e3 Mar 2016 #3

Duppers

(28,117 posts)

1. Thank you!

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:29 AM

Mar 2016

Lots of info useful info there.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,271 posts)

2. They recommend putting magazines in a stapled paper bag to 'avoid contamination'

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 11:42 AM

Mar 2016

Doesn't that contaminate them with a metal staple? And make it impossbile for anyone to know what's in it without manually opening the bag?

What kind of 'contamination' are they expecting anyway?

sue4e3

(731 posts)

3. I don't have a keurig, plain old coffee pot with non disposable filter for me but I always thought