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If you’re like me, you try to recycle everything that you can. I love when my recycle bin is more full than my garbage bin. Sometimes I’m not really sure if it meets the recycling criteria, but I think to myself that I’d rather send it and try. I didn’t know until I read an article that I could be contaminating my entire bin.

It turns out that non-qualifying pieces can cause the machines to clog, slow operations, and/or create unsafe work conditions. These are the 11 items:

  1. Plastic bags

  2. Pizza boxes if they have food stains or grease on them

  3. Gift wrap

  4. Small metal bits

  5. Receipts

  6. Food residue

  7. Broken crockery

  8. Diapers

  9. Shredded Paper

  10. Coffee cups (ex: Dunkin Donuts or…

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