{"id":158,"date":"2018-07-02T20:28:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T20:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2025-09-03T03:17:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:17:54","slug":"curbside-recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/curbside-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Curbside Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Confusion is causing a lot of unacceptable materials to end up in curbside recycling bins. We are providing a handy Dos and Don&#8217;ts for residents to know what is and is not recyclable in their curbside bins. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyclespot.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-09\/Recycle_Better_Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Recycle Better<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyclespot.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-05\/Recycle-Plastics-Better.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Recycle Plastics Better<\/a> flyers provide accurate, concise info on what can and cannot go in residents\u2019 recycling bins.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Things to Keep in Mind:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Contamination in our recycle has become a big issue in America. As a result, it is important to not put your recyclables in plastic bags. Each item you recycle is handled by workers at the recycling center who have to tear open each bag in order to process the contents. Please leave your recycle items loose in the cart.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The equipment used at recycling centers seperates &#8220;flats&#8221; (paper) from &#8220;rounds&#8221; (containers). When you flatten containers like juice cartons, the equipment mistakenly sends these items to the paper side of the facility, significantly contaminating the paper meant to be recycled.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Shredded paper should not go in your recycle, as it falls through the cracks of the shorting machines and sticks to the belts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Frozen food containers, such as pizza and entrees, have a plastic polymer sprayed on them to protect against freezer burn. This coating prevents the box from breaking up in the recycle process OR becoming compostable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-586 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Recycle-Better-NEW-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Recycle Better 2023\" width=\"800\" height=\"1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Recycle-Better-NEW-2023.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Recycle-Better-NEW-2023-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Recycle-Better-NEW-2023-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Recycle-Better-NEW-2023-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confusion is causing a lot of unacceptable materials to end up in curbside recycling bins. We are providing a handy Dos and Don&#8217;ts for residents to know what is and <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/curbside-recycling\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":729,"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/publicservices\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}