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In the US, do you wash your containers and jars before recycling?
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amother
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 Sun, Feb 06 2022, 10:19 am
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In the US, do you wash containers of yogurt, cottage cheese, hummus, pasta sauce jars, milk bottles etc, before putting it in recycling?
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vintagebknyc
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Sun, Feb 06 2022, 10:22 am
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The garbage men will not take dirty items, and then we would get fined.
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happy chick
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Sun, Feb 06 2022, 10:29 am
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only if it will smell, such a milk bottle that doesnt have a cap. otherwise, not.
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amother
Navyblue
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Sun, Feb 06 2022, 11:35 am
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I pressed not but I shouldn't have because I don't recycle. it goes into the garbage with everything else. I realized a moment after a pressed. sorry
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amother
Trillium
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Sun, Feb 06 2022, 1:42 pm
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Yes, at least rinsed thoroughly.
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amother
Emerald
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Mon, Feb 07 2022, 11:26 am
I don't.
First of all, the industrial washing process is going to be much more effective and use less energy and natural resources than me washing at home.
Second of all, the article I read encouraging washing containers before recycling used the argument that "recycling companies pay more for a cleaner load." Well, that's not a reason for me to spend time and water trying to get a mayonnaise jar spotless! I'm doing this for the environment, not as a fundraiser for my city.
Third of all, unfortunately most recycling doesn't end up getting recycled. In my city, we've seen many times where they don't even pretend - they dump the recycling right in with the trash bags.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 07 2022, 11:27 am
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If I would have time to wash then I wouldn’t be dumping them- then I would be reusing the containers.
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#BestBubby
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Mon, Feb 07 2022, 11:39 am
I don't wash to completely clean, but I do fill container 1/2 way with water, shake and spill out.
A quick rinse.
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SixOfWands
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Mon, Feb 07 2022, 11:40 am
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I don't wash them, but I do rinse them. They're not clean enough that I would put something new in them, and use them for storage or to eat from. But they don't have visible food residue.
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amother
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 8:13 am
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Can they recycle it if I don't wash it?
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amother
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 8:25 am
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | | Can they recycle it if I don't wash it? |
They probably aren't recycling it anyway.
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amother
Tuberose
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 8:49 am
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I used to and dh told me I don’t need to. Should I ?
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amother
DarkViolet
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 8:55 am
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butternut1
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 9:14 am
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Even though a lot of what we put in our recycling doesn't end up getting recycled, some of it does. And if it isn't washed, then it definitely won't get recycled. I work in this field. Thanks for bringing it up!
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amother
Pearl
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 9:17 am
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We don’t recycle, but before I got married my parents did. We wouldn’t wash things, like with soap and water, but everything got rinsed out with warm water.
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amother
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 9:19 am
| butternut1 wrote: | | Even though a lot of what we put in our recycling doesn't end up getting recycled, some of it does. And if it isn't washed, then it definitely won't get recycled. I work in this field. Thanks for bringing it up! |
I'm curious what percentage of recycling actually gets recycled. Do you happen to know?
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amother
Lemonchiffon
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 9:25 am
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Does dirty burnt on the bottom with food bekelech get recycled?
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butternut1
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 9:51 am
| amother [ Lemonchiffon ] wrote: | | Does dirty burnt on the bottom with food bekelech get recycled? |
Probably not. You can do your best to clean and put it in your recycling, but no guarantees.
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