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Drop-Off Recycling Services: Benefits Over Collection Services

Most cities have recycling services that involve placing a can or dumpster near the road or in an alley to collect recycling on a weekly basis. However, if you find that you have a lot of recycling each week that overflows your collection bin, you might want to consider drop-off recycling services instead. Here are all of the benefits related to this kind of recycling service.  Recycling on Your Time Read More 

Three Ways To Be Better At Recycling

If your city or local municipality offers curbside recycling, you have an easy way to reduce the amount of trash your household produces every week. However, that doesn't mean you know everything you need to know to be good at recycling. Here are a few helpful tips you can use to have a better impact on your environment and be better at recycling. Understand The Curbside Requirements Each recycling company has its own way of doing business, and you'll want to make sure you know the rules for curbside recycling drop-off. Read More 

Into Recycling? Where To Find Copper Wire

If you've been recycling aluminum cans for spare cash, it's time to take your game to the next level. It's time to start recycling copper wire. When it comes to recycling, copper wire is one of the most valuable metals. If you're not sure where to find copper wire to recycle, here are five places for you to get started. Your Old Plumbing If you're going to be replacing your plumbing, or you know someone who will be, don't toss out the old pipes. Read More 

Just A Few Things You Can Do With Used Motor Oils

As you know, many used oils are considered to be hazardous and cannot be put in with your regular trash. At your home, the most common one you will have to worry about is used motor oil. While you can take it to an automotive service center to get rid of it, there are also many ways you can reuse it yourself. Be careful when handling it. Wear gloves, clothing that will not allow it to soak through to your skin, shoes that will not absorb it, and a painter's mask. Read More 

3 Reasons To Visit A Metal Scrap Yard Beyond Just Recycling

On the outskirts of just about any city or town you visit, you can usually find a scrap yard where people take their recyclable metal pieces in exchange for cash. Whether you take recyclables to the scrap yard on a regular basis or you barely go there at all, you should know there is more to these places than meets the eye. In fact, there are a few good reasons you should visit a local scrap yard beyond just taking in your metal. Read More