{"id":765602,"date":"2026-09-10T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T00:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/765602\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T00:42:10","slug":"recycling-mistakes-youre-probably-making-and-how-to-fix-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/765602\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling Mistakes You&#8217;re Probably Making\u2014And How to Fix Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/08\/31\/how-to-reduce-school-lunch-food-waste\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sustainability<\/a> experts say recycling doesn\u2019t have to be that hard. Here are some of the biggest recycling mistakes people make\u2014and what you should be doing instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why is recycling so complicated?<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">What is recyclable varies greatly depending on where you live. \u201cRecycling is unfortunately more complicated than we&#8217;d like it to be,\u201d says Miller. \u201cEverybody&#8217;s recycling rules are going to be slightly different, which is what makes it so hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">That\u2019s because different recycling plants use different equipment, and so they have different recycling rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Seven states, including California, Maryland, and Maine, have taken steps to fix that by introducing Extended Producer Responsibility laws aimed at standardizing recycling practices statewide.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Until that becomes more widespread across the country, there\u2019s a simple rule you can follow, experts say. \u201cThink about your bottles, cans, and containers that are in your laundry, kitchen, and bathrooms\u2026 and paper and cardboard,\u201d says Cody Marshall, chief programs officer at The Recycling Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to creating a better recycling system. \u201cThose are things that are recyclable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sustainability experts say recycling doesn\u2019t have to be that hard. 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