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hi Allegra from ember living here today
to talk about what can you recycle and
how a lot of people asking this question
is this recyclable is this recyclable
okay well a basic tip about recycling is
that the item needs to be able to be
separated into a single material in
order for it to be recycled so for
instance let's take a kid's toy there's
some plastic parts in there there's some
metal parts in there maybe there's even
some wood parts in there
you can't recycle that item the way it
is but if there's just nuts and screws
holding it together you could take it
apart and then the metal can be thrown
in the recycle bin and the plastic can
be thrown in the recycle bin and the
wood could be thrown either in the trash
or in the compost bin so that's how you
have to think about it is this item
separate separate a bowl into a single
material now it also depends on where
you live as to what you can recycle
because every municipality is different
where I live in Los Angeles we can
actually recycle a lot of things that
can't be recycled in other parts of the
country we can even recycle things like
styrofoam so you should find out because
municipalities are constantly updating
their recycling programs but almost
anything can be recycled that can be
broken down into a single material
another great tip is to Google how can I
recycle everything there's lots of
websites out there that have tips on how
to recycle things including websites
where you can send printer cartridges
prom dresses
almost anything under the Sun that you
can think of so that it can get recycled
or reused into something else so there's
lots of great ways to recycle things but
think about can it be broken down into a
single material things like pizza boxes
where the cardboard box gets infused
with grease you can't recycle that that
has to go into trash but maybe the top
part of the pizza box where there's no
grease can be put into the recycle bin
so single source of materials is the
most important thing and check your
municipality there's a lot of ways to
recycle things that you might be
surprised about and the information is
constantly changing thank you
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