For most people with curbside pickup, the recycling process seems simple — just dump your cardboard, plastics and aluminum into the bin for your weekly pickup.
But proper recycling isn’t so straightforward, and getting it wrong can throw a major wrench into the larger system. Case in point? Crushing your aluminum cans.
Smashing your empty cans into a flat metal disc seems like a good idea because it saves space. (It’s also kind of fun.) As it turns out, it’s a habit you should break — the sorting machines at recycling facilities need to recognize the shapes of cans to properly identify them.
When you flatten cans, you might confuse the equipment and potentially send perfectly good aluminum to the dump. Here are some more easy tips for
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