Does one piece of trash in the recycling bin really matter?
Yes and no. In the residence hall recycling dumpsters, one piece of trash will not contaminate the entire bin. Waste Management has made the effort to maximize recycling’s effectiveness by sorting extensively at the plant. However, if they find that the recycling containers have more than 5% trash in them, they may eventually stop collecting the bins. We will let residence halls know if this problem arises.On the quad, because of the clear bags, the environmental service employees may throw away what should be recycled because of too much trash in the bags. Make sure to respect the efforts of others by taking an extra few seconds to throw trash in the trash can.
