Can I recycle a dirty tissue or napkin? [more inside]
posted by ben242 on Sep 9, 2009 - 12 answers

I have gotten into recycling in a serious way, to the point of courting others' contributions and working with an outfit (that pays well enough to pay for the longer trip) some miles away. I would like a press -- hydraulic, Archimedes screw, or something that hasn't occurred to me -- that I could use to compress cans, scrap metal, and various plastics into dense cubes, so that I'd only have to load up the gas-guzzling pickup truck once per redemption trip. [more inside]
posted by quarantine on Jul 8, 2009 - 11 answers

Will a recycling depot accept my waxy bottles? [more inside]
posted by futureisunwritten on Jul 5, 2009 - 2 answers

Can glossy inkjet photo printer paper be recycled? [more inside]
posted by aubilenon on Apr 8, 2007 - 4 answers