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How single-stream recycling works − your choices can make it better

  • Written by Alex Jordan, Associate Professor of Plastics Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Stout
How single-stream recycling works − your choices can make it betterSuccessful recycling requires some care.Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life.

But what really happens after the truck picks them up?

Single-stream recycling makes...

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