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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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 Fri, Feb 11 2022, 9:58 am
| amother [ Aster ] wrote: | | I'm curious what percentage of recycling actually gets recycled. Do you happen to know? |
https://www.greenmatters.com/p.....ycled
About 9% of plastics. 68% of paper. 35% of glass. Hard for me to justify wasting water to wash containers with those kinds of numbers.
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zaq
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 10:12 am
| amother [ Lemonchiffon ] wrote: | | Does dirty burnt on the bottom with food bekelech get recycled? |
Absolutely not.
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amother
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 10:12 am
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Nope, I don't wash them. Didn't know this was a thing. Honestly, I would not bother. I recycle because I don't want a ticket and in Brooklyn you theoretically can get a ticket. But zero interest in wasting a single second washing garbage before throwing it out.
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amother
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 10:13 am
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Might depend on where you located, but where I live I don't know a single person that washes any. We pay for garbage pick up, recycling is free, but I don't have the mental energy to separate or have different garbage cans so I only recycle large cardboard.
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amother
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 10:31 am
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I always thought you had to. if I can't get it clean, I throw it out.
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amother
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 11:09 am
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I didn't know it was a thing to do. I once saw someone do it, I thought she was completely nuts! But I'm sorry I judged her as I see it's common practice!
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amother
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 1:45 pm
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I live in Brooklyn. Officially you're supposed to, but I waste a lot of time, water, and soap and not all of it comes out anyway like a mayonnaise jar or ketchup you can't get it all out, so I want to stop washing those.
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qwerty4
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 1:59 pm
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Do a lot of people recycle all plastic containers?
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amother
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Fri, Feb 11 2022, 2:26 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | | I live in Brooklyn. Officially you're supposed to, but I waste a lot of time, water, and soap and not all of it comes out anyway like a mayonnaise jar or ketchup you can't get it all out, so I want to stop washing those. |
I think you should only rinse with warm water. Whatever doesn’t come out you don’t need to bother.
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