While you are up here, bring us the mixed paper you've collected over the holidays, including cardboard, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, gift boxes, newspaper and holiday cards. Holiday cards will be sent to the St. Judes Ranch for Children to be made into new holiday cards. All of these items can be recycled at no charge. Paper products need to be separated to some degree, but it only takes a few minutes and the attendants will be happy to answer any questions you have. The sale of fiber material helps offset operations costs, which keeps disposal costs down.
Every little bit helps.
Lately, we continue to have noticed two disturbing trends when processing recyclables. First is an increase in containers that still contain food. This contaminates the recyclables, forcing us to dispose of that material in the landfill. Containers must be rinsed prior to recycling. Second is too many non-paper items are mixed in with paper products, rendering them valueless.