How To Actually Recycle

Executive Summary

Welcome to How To Actually Recycle where you'll learn recycling best practices to become more eco-friendly and sustainable!

Recycling is a fairly simple task and greatly helps reduce our environmental footprint. In doing so, we reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills, lower emissions of greenhouse gases, and save energy. However, most people don't understand how to recycle properly. While there may be slight differences between how cities and counties recycle, it's important to understand the high-level recycling guidelines to keep our planet clean.

This website is designed to teach anyone interested in becoming more sustainable and eco-friendly on how to properly recycle in the United States. By teaching people how to recycle properly, we can improve the single-stream recycling system by reducing the contamination of recyclables and help protect and preserve the environment for generations to come.

Our Purpose

Visitors to this site will learn:

1. A brief history of recycling and its benefits
2. How to properly recycle common household items
3. Where to find additional resources on recycling and becoming more sustainable