post consumer recycling

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We have curb side recycling for most plastic, metal cans, glass, newspaper and all types of cardboard. We separate it from the main trash, but not by item--it all goes in an unsegregated recycling truck and is sorted at a cenral recycling center. My understanding is that if the spot price for a material isn't at a certain threshhold, it just goes out the back of the plant and off to the landfill. Unfortunately, rumor is most is going to the landfill now since the market has tanked (except for milk jugs and aluminum).

We have mandatory lawn waste recycling, but it has to be transported to a central "green dump" for mulch and composting.

We have monthly collection of appliances, metal, electronics and hazardous waste, again with self transport to a central site.