How can I recycle if the recycling truck doesn’t come to the apartments were I live?
Future Mrs. Monica Jonas asked:
I live in an apartment and I would like to recycle because I love the environment but the recycling truck doesn’t come to this apartments. Please help me!
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Most towns have a drop point for recycling. Every two weeks one of us drives over and deposits our stuff in the designated bins. so call your town hall and see where the nearest one is
Find a redemption center in your town or city they all have them.
Bring it to the store, and they usually have those machines that take bottles and stuff. You can get a couple cents, usually 5 cents, for each bottle.
put it in other peoples recyclables if its not full
give it to a friend who is near a recycling center or check to see if u have a recycling center in ur city
call the club house and ask them to get recycle bins i think they are even free
I’m in the exact same situation; my apartment building manager says that recycling would be too expensive… I now collect all my recyclables in my unit, and drive to the recycling facility every 3 weeks.
Depending on where you live, there is probably a drop-off location. If you go to this website (http://earth911.org/) and enter your zip code at the top of the page to find a location.
Ask apt manager to adopt a policy for recycables.
Maybe you can save your aluminum cans, rinse them, squish them down and collect a few pounds, then sell them at the recycling unit.
Some stores have those recycle your grocery plastic bags at the front doors depository.