I would like to start scraping my aluminum cansA friend of mine said that the price of aluminum fluctuatesI was wondering: -how do you keep track-how much can it fluctuate?Thanks.
Depends on your area, but some of the most common items recycled (and sorted) from household trash are: aluminum tin glass paper (or just news paper) cardboard plastics And, what the other posted said is completely untrueOur town actually recycles all these items (and they take not only newspaper but all types of paper, even cereal boxes and paper beer carriers!) and the whole process actually makes them moneyAs far as the energy used - definitely - reusing the item yourself is the best option, and recycling does use energy - BUT it doesn't use nearly as much as say, cutting down new trees and processing them into new paper, or creating new plastic materials and then shaping them into the products neededMaking new nearly always uses more energy and has more costs both monetarily and environmentally than recycling.
I separate my garbage this way: - Cardboard/Paper Bags - 1 Plastics (PETE) - 2 Plastics (HDPE) - Boxboard/Paperboard - Batteries - Aluminum - Paper - Magazines - Tin - Glass Unfortunately, I can't recycle anything else in my area, such as other plastics and styrofoam.
Well plastics have different categories, you have to look at the number in the recycle triangle and separate them by the numbersI think it's 1-7 You can recycle computer, loose leaf, newspaper, magazinesReally the possibilities with recycling paper are endless Then there are cans, this includes soda cans, canned food (empty of course), and aluminum foil, to name a fewYou can also recycle glass, bottles, jars, unused glass dishes You can recycle fruit and vegetables (rinds and cores) by making a compost pileHope it helps, good luck :)
There are many, many, many ways people may be separating their trashEvery community has it's own requirements of the items that will be picked up curbside, but many also have a drop-off site that will accept other itemsI currently separate these items: newspaper, paperboard (such as in packaging, empty toilet paper and paper towel tubes), cardboard, miscpaper (notebook paper, office paper, junk mail, magazines, etc.), any and all metal cans and lids, many other metal items, all plastic containers and many of their lids, other plastic lids (5, I think), all glass bottles, paperback books, hardcover books, plastic bags and styrofoamIn Michigan, there is a deposit on cans (pop, beer), so they are kept separate and returned to the store for a refundI also save the tabs off pop and beer cans for fundraising)I probably missed a lot of items, but these are the ones off the top of my headAlso, please note, contrary to the other answer, the items would be transported whether they are going to a dump or to be recycledMany communities earn money from selling the items to be recycled in addition to saving on dump costsThere are many issues to be weighed here, but I believe the experts have decided recycling offers the most advantages.
I keep track by reading the local paper each dayIt could fluctuate any amountOne day it could be .10 and the next .70.
