Did you know that the City of Los Angeles has the highest recycling rate of the 30 largest cities in the United States? Who knew? And we can recycle a large number of items now that we couldn’t before, including all plastics numbered 1 through 7 (but clean, they must be clean) plus plastic bags.
I researched the facts after we had a debate while cleaning up after a meeting about whether lids need to be on or off the bottles that go to the recycler. Well, the Department of Sanitation doesn’t seem to care. They state that they recycle plastic bottles and lids and don’t mention whether they must be together or not.
 And did you know you can recycle Styrofoam as well? Again, it must be clean—no food-laden, oily, greasy boxes, please, and no shipping peanuts. Rules, rules, rules. Check it out at http://www.lacity.org/san/solid_resources/recycling/what_is_recyclable.htm.
 
You must log in to post a comment.