It’s fascinating, when you think about it. All kinds of sorting and separating processes take place to convert your recyclable waste into reusable material.

It’s fascinating, when you think about it. All kinds of sorting and separating processes take place to convert your recyclable waste into reusable material. Trucks collect it curbside and deliver it directly onto the tipping room floor at our state-of-the-art sorting facilities; workers hand-sort to weed out contaminants like food waste and plastic bags; machinery separates it further into plastic, paper, cardboard and metal that get flattened and tied up into bales, ready for sale to manufacturers.

You can help make the process less costly and more efficient by only putting empty, clean and dry recyclables into your container.
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