My Apartments have a recycle bin that shows what you can put in it and I am confused???

Question

They show Metal Cans and Cardboard in the same bin. What's up with this???

Answer 1

i work at a recycling center...

there is nothing "up with this"

we have people who sort our recycling, so it doesn't matter how it comes to us...

Answer 2

Our recycling system uses a single bin for all recyclables to be sorted at destination. The exception is bio-waste. We are required to compost our own or find a farmer who wants it (they all do).

So, not every recycling system is set up the same way. It is often impractical to have large numbers of separated containers with very little in each of them.

Answer 3

yep then at the sorting centre they get dumped and the METAL CANS get removed by electro magnets and the cardboard moves along the conveyor aluminium cans go into a different container I assume at your building if not then they get separated down the line via a metal detector and pulled of the conveyor.

Answer 4

It depends on your municipality & their processing.

We have a blue bin for plastic, glass, & metal containers.

We have a grey box for all paper products, cardboard is tied.

We're getting green boxes for composting food waste.

Answer 5

If they show that they go into the same container, then when the contents are delivered to their destination, they separate the cans from the cardboard at their site, and sell the aluminum to one source, and the cardboard to the same, or another source. So just do as they recommend, and that is to put them both in that bin.

Answer 6

Thats weird... here in south florida, we have 2 colors, blue and yellow.... paper goes in yellow and plastics & cans in the blue one.  Maybe you can put both in yours and then once it gets to the facility, they separate them.... but that would be a lot of work...

Answer 7

In my city in MN we put all cans, bottles, boxes, etc. in one container for pick-up. The recycle facility has machines that sort everything. It is so easy that way.

Answer 8

My Apartment has the same kind of recycling bin too

Answer 9

They sort them out at the recycling facility. Our entire county does this, too, as well as my parents' county.