Hey you! As you probably know, our household was accepted to be apart of Hennepin County's Zero Waste Challenge. We've signed up for 9 months of education, training and challenging our own behaviors. I've been really nerdy and sharing tips via twitter along the way and I thought I would compile there here as well. To be clear, it's important that you know your own local area recycling rules - and it's great to research what facility actually processed your waste streams and ask your questions to them for the straightest answers! Most of there are general & applicable everywhere, but some might be our area specific.
#recyclingtip before purchasing packaged goods, consider which waste stream it will end up in - is there a better option?
#compostingtips there's a thing called Blender Composting, yeah, look it up!
#recyclingtip glass is a closed-loop material that can be recycled into the same material over and over again without loss of quality, more efficient and more sustainable
#recyclingtip Did you know that frozen food boxes are not recyclable? To hold up to cold & moisture, the cardboard is treated with plastic making them trash
#recyclingtip plastic is an open-loop material that degrades or requires more material each time it's recycled, or they are down-cycled into different material each time, less efficient and less sustainable
#composttip don't trust marketing terms like "biodegradable", look for BPI logo instead to ensure packaging is accepted by commercial facilities
#recyclingtip aluminum is a closed-loop recyclable material and can be recycled over and over again, and cans made from recycled aluminum use 95% less energy
#recyclingtip do your research, know what your county can and can't accept
#recyclingtip rinse your food containers of food debris before recycling them, just a swish. An all out scrub is not necessary
#recycletip Hennepin County recycling drop-off facilities accept torn/stained/damaged textiles. There is a place to recycle your old drawers!
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