Talking Trash

Monday, December 17, 2007

How do I recycle toy boxes?

From our mailbag:

[The holiday reminder emails are] a great service. I just would like to suggest that next December you advise your subscribers on how to dispose of the cardboard/plastic boxes that many toys come wrapped in. This year, for example, I separated the paper and the plastic parts and put them out separately for recycling. Was this correct?

Thank you, TS, for your compliment about our holiday reminder email service, and for your question.  Since it's December again, it's time to pull it out of the file in which I've been safely storing it.

Thank you also for correctly preparing the toy packaging in your household for recycling.  To you Gentle Readers in similar situations this holiday season (or at any time), please:

• Pull out plastic bags, plastic ties, foam packing, desiccant packets, and other non-paper items from the box. 
  • Dispose of these plastic items (except for the bags) in your regular household trash; you can add the bags to the plastic bag collection at your local grocery store.
  • What about plastic "windows" in toy boxes?  You may leave these on the box when you give it to us for recycling. 
• Put the empty cardboard boxes together with your other paper recyclables, for pickup on your recycling day. 

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CATEGORIES: Paper , Plastic , Recycling
POSTED AT: 11:33:00 AM |