Recycling

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States currently recycles 32.5 percent of its waste. In Wisconsin alone, nearly 1.69 million tons of waste was recycled instead of sent to a landfill.

Common City of Madison Recycling Errors

Broken glass, light bulbs, mirrors, windows, metla, paper or plastic cups, pizza boxes, plasic bags and film, plastic bubble-wrap packaging, rigid plastics, styrofoam

Materials Banned from Wisconsin Landfills

Alluminum and steel cans, corrugated cardboard, glass containers, lead, acid batteries, magazines, major appliances, newspapers, office paper, plastic containers, tires, used motor oil, yard waste

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