Sunday, July 22, 2018

Recycling Standards for Greensboro Will Be Enforced



Recycling can help save the environment, but you have to do it right.

It's fantastic that Greensboro has curbside recycling, because so many places don't. However, the City's contamination rate, which means regular trash found in the recycling bin, is a whopping 21%, as opposed to the national average rate of 5%. That's not what's good in Greensboro!

The City isn't going to stop the recycling program, thank goodness, but it is going to have to carry out new measures to try to keep trash out of the recycling stream. Recycling carts will be inspected and tagged if they contain trash, and a notice will be sent to you if your bin had trash in it. If multiple notices are necessary, the City will take your recycling cart. Please don't let that be you! If you're not sure what is and what is not recyclable, you can see the breakdown in this article:
http://whatsgoodingreensboro.blogspot.com/2014/11/city-issues-recycling-guidelines-for.html

You can also download the City of Greensboro's waste collection app, explained in this article:
http://whatsgoodingreensboro.blogspot.com/2018/04/another-new-app-to-help-greensboro.html

If you want more detailed information about what is or what is not allowed in the recycling bin, you can also visit https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/field-operations/recycle

Here's lots of ways to recycle other things that the City might not collect:
http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-to-recycle-if-you-dont-have.html

Trash can cause major problems in the recycling stream--it can even endanger workers at the sorting facility. Let's keep everyone safe and do it right!


You can also find What's Good in Greensbroro? on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Good-in-Greensboro-848569635208317/ . See you there!

Image credit: Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/recycle-bin-container-recycling-24543/

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