Recycling

This page is an in-progress accumulation of information about what you can and can't recycle, regional recycling charts, lists of toxic materials, and ideas for reuse of things otherwise destined for the landfill.

Typical recycling guidelines

• Short List Recycling Chart

Paper

These are just some of the benefits of using 100% post-consumer recycled and chlorine-free-processed paper:

• Substantial energy is saved (generally, 95% of the energy used to make virgin papers).
• Oxygen-producing forest habitat is preserved.
• Landfill-destined waste is eliminated.
• Dioxins, furans, and organo-chlorines (known carcinogens) are not formed.

Toxics Chart

• Chart of Toxics

How to read recycling labels

• green guides

Reuse suggestions

• creative ideas from world.org

Battery recycling

• Should you recycle batteries?
• Where to recycle batteries
• service
• dropoff

Plastic recycling

• chart of plastic types

Metal recycling

• UK info

Regional recycling information

• Seattle
• Tacoma
• San Francisco
• Los Angeles
• Pennsylvania
• Cape Cod towns
• Sonoma County, CA
• Fairfax county, VA
• Fauquier County, VA
• Portland
• City of Laurel, Maryland
• Lancaster County, PA
• North Royalton, Ohio

Shoe recycling programs

• list of programs

Activism actions

• Write letters to city offices and leaders to request improved city recycling
• Post local recycling charts in your community

What does your city recycle?

• 2006 Case study of King County, WA Materials Recovery Facility (Recycling Center) — Analysis of incoming stream and residuals (PDF)

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