Articles Tagged with Paper
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Because You Asked Food & Drink Can I Recycle Foil Gum Wrappers? April 29, 2022You can usually recycle aluminum foil, and you can usually recycle paper, but you can’t recycle foil paper. Here’s why.42
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Because You Asked Lifestyle Can I Recycle Books? March 18, 2022You might be able to recycle books with your paper recycling.
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Because You Asked Home & Garden Can I Recycle Parchment Paper? November 19, 2021Parchment paper may be a baker’s best friend, but disposing of it is deceptively tricky.
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Because You Asked Lifestyle Do I Need to Remove the Address Window from Envelopes? October 22, 2021You don’t have to remove the clear envelope window, but it doesn’t hurt to do so.
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Because You Asked Lifestyle Why Can’t I Recycle Stuff with Food On It? September 10, 2021Compared to food residue, paper labels are a benign contaminant.
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Because You Asked Lifestyle Do Contaminants from Paper Make It Risky to Compost? August 20, 2021It turns out that industrial composting is a match for the inks and other chemicals that touch paper.
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Because You Asked Lifestyle Is There a Minimum Size for Paper to Be Recycled? July 16, 2021Here’s how to handle scraps and fragments of paper.
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Because You Asked Lifestyle Is Glossy Paper Recyclable? August 21, 2020Glossy paper is one of those materials people struggle with.
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Because You Asked Food & Drink Can You Recycle Frozen-Food Boxes? August 07, 2020Do you think frozen food boxes are recyclable? Think again.
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Because You Asked Lifestyle What Can I Do With Used Reference Books? July 24, 2020It can be tough to get rid of old encyclopedias.
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Because You Asked Lifestyle Can I Recycle Receipts Made of Thermal Paper? July 10, 2020Thermal paper is cheap, but comes with environmental costs.
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Because You Asked Lifestyle When Should I Compost Paper Instead of Recycling It? June 26, 2020How much paper recycling is too much?
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Because You Asked Lifestyle Can I Recycle Coffee Filters? January 24, 2020Skip the bin and green your daily brew.
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Because You Asked Holidays & Entertaining Is Wrapping Paper Recyclable? December 20, 2019Here’s what you need to know about gift wrap.
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Because You Asked Lifestyle Can I Recycle Old Photographs? December 06, 2019Some pictures last longer than the memories.
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