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LauraInLA

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4. Ridwell is a great service that picks up plastic film, plastic food/pet bags, plastic bottle tops, styrofoam,

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Sun Sep 8, 2024, 01:02 AM

Sep 2024

and other stuff that’s difficult to recycle. They work with a lot of different partners to recycle these things. I love them! You can check if they’re in your area at Ridwell.com. There’s also Terracycle.com, which accepts all kinds of things like razor blades/disposable razors, many companies’ plastic containers, and other things. As much as I’ve tried to stop buying plastic, it seems there’s always more.

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Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling? [View all] NJCher Sep 2024 OP

I long for the day when everyone can have a small plastic recycling appliance Wicked Blue Sep 2024 #1

That sounds probably way more feasibly than it is ColinC Sep 2024 #7

The problem is that there are so many different types of plastic Wicked Blue Sep 2024 #10

About once a year SCantiGOP Sep 2024 #2

more like once every 2 years NJCher Sep 2024 #3

Ridwell is a great service that picks up plastic film, plastic food/pet bags, plastic bottle tops, styrofoam, LauraInLA Sep 2024 #4

very helpful NJCher Sep 2024 #5

Fantastic! Glad to help. LauraInLA Sep 2024 #6

I accessed the full paper. It's obviously a good paper, but they worked with isolated known materials, not mixed... NNadir Sep 2024 #8

thanks for your observations NJCher Sep 2024 #9

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