A Quick Guide To Recycling

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If you are interested in recycling, then you want to make sure you are recycling all the things you can so you can clear out the junk around your property and make as much money as possible. Here are some of the many things that you can recycle:

Containers and things made of the same materials

Everyone knows that you can recycle containers such as plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and glass jars. However, you may not have given much thought to what this really means. It means that you can also recycle other things that are made of those same materials. For example, you can take the top of a glass table down with your glass bottles. Or, you can take down scrap aluminum with the rest of your aluminum cans.

Cardboard

Cardboard is another thing that you can recycle, and it is something that is very easy for you to come across. You can start by ridding your garage and storage areas of all those old cardboard boxes that are taking up room and could eventually become a fire hazard if you allow too many of them to collect. You can also find cardboard that comes in the form of food containers, like cereal boxes and the boxes from cases of soda and other types of drinks.

Appliances

Before you throw away that broken dishwasher, you should make some phone calls. There are places that will allow you to recycle your appliances. This gets them out of your way and gives you some cash.

Batteries

Most people know that it is hard to get rid of batteries because you aren't supposed to throw them away in your regular trash can. However, they actually aren't that difficult to get rid of because you can simply recycle them for some extra money.

Copper wire

You can get a pretty good amount of money by recycling copper wire. You can get copper wire off of electronic items you have around your home that are no longer working and that you plan on disposing of. You can take copper wire down to certain recycling centers, or you can take them to copper wire buyers who may end up giving you more cash for your copper.

When you go to recycle certain things, it's best if you can clean them up and remove other parts so they are considered "clean" recyclables. Clean ones tend to pay more than "dirty" ones. For example, if you recycle an entire bike then it would be dirty; if you remove the seat, plastic petals and all other non-metal pieces, then it would be clean.

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