I bought a binder from Office Depot today made from 100 % recycled plastic! This made me very happy!!!

We here in San Antonio have large green compost "recycling" cans.. paper plates, paper towels, food and scraps, pizza boxes, along with yard trimmings, etc., can all go into it.

I am still unsure about paper to go coffee cups.

What about stickers on paper envelopes or on paper? Or foil printing? Glitter on cards or paper? Do these things render the paper unrecyclable?

TV ads here are saying shredded paper isn't recyclable because the loose shreds are difficult/impossible to separate or they fall through and gum up the conveyor system. However, I checked with American Waste Control's feed Mr. Murph program. I learned that recycled paper can be recycled if it is placed in a clear bag (the bigger, the better to make it easier for workers to spot) so that workers can recognize it and manually dump the paper in the processing bin. We don't yet have curbside recycling, but are testing two different approaches simultaneously in different areas of the city.