Recycling Old Clothes and Textiles
Are you done with those jeans with the broken zipper? The stained shirts and pants? Those tattered towels and that coffee-stained shirt?...
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Susan Wineland
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Recycling Resolutions
One of the worst things we can do is wishcycling. That’s when we optimistically put non-recyclable objects into recycling bins.
Susan Wineland
- Dec 14, 2023
- 2 min
Connecticut Bottle Deposits Increase to $0.10 on January 1st
Effective January 1, 2024, Connecticut’s bottle and can redemption will increase from five cents to ten cents. Doubling the redemption...
Susan Wineland
- Nov 2, 2023
- 3 min
Composting is Key
What is a small lifestyle change that can have a huge impact? Composting! Composting is a natural process in which naturally occurring...
Susan Wineland
- Sep 21, 2023
- 3 min
Microplastics and Ways to Reduce Our Exposure
As the name implies, microplastics are small particles of plastic - from less than 5 millimeters (just over 3/16 of an inch) to smaller...
Susan Wineland
- Aug 24, 2023
- 3 min
A Very Beneficial Way to Recycle
When it comes to recycling, nothing captures the meaning quite like 'composting'. It’s an example of how small lifestyle changes can...
Articles by the Orange Recycling Committee
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