Time to break up with your large garbage bin By Mike Layton Despite a higher cost and growing list of recyclable and compostable items that you can put in the blue and green bins, some households are holding onto their super-sized garbage bins and continue to throw away stuff they could recycle, reuse, compost, and […]

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The energy lost in the pretense of plastic recycling “Why can’t they take black plastic?” asked my partner, staring at the City of Toronto recycling poster. I didn’t have an answer. The ad, which helpfully reminds Torontonians what goes in which bin, notes that all black plastics are relegated to municipal solid waste. Turns out, […]

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