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Confused about what can — and can’t — go in your blue box?
Certain kinds of packaging are just too hard for recycling programs to handle. Some require consumers to take a few extra steps to disassemble them before dropping them in the blue box. Others look like recyclable materials but aren’t accepted by many recycling programs. And still others are hard to process, then sell afterward, as they can’t easily be turned into new products.
When certain “unrecyclable” items do end up in blue boxes, they can contaminate materials
This story was originally published on CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/packaging-recycling-problems-1.4658988?cmp=rss.