How clean does my recycling need to be?
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By Amy French
Do you need to wash or rinse recyclables? How clean does it need to be? Are you wasting your time?
These are really common questions people ask when it comes to making sure to get the recycling process right, without wasting time and water.
A close friend of mine has recently upped her recycling levels and getting her head around all the rules for kerbside bins and other options to cut back on landfill waste (I’m so proud of her, and a little excited that my passion for trash has inspired her!).
The other day she complained to me...
‘Now I’m spending so much time washing my trash to recycle... my rubbish has never been so clean! I can’t deal with some of the items as they are impossible to clean so I just throw them in the bin. I want to recycle BUT it seems too much work. Have you got any tips to save water, time and free up my sink space? What am I supposed to do with pet food tins, it’s just so gross!!!’
This is SUCH a great question and sums up how so many people...
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