Packaging is not trash because a lot of it can be reduced, reused, recycled and even composted to gain back value from the materials that were used to make them. Seeing packaging as valuable makes more sense to recycle, diverting from landfill for environmental and economical sustainability as it conserves natural resources and reduces environmental impact.
In America, when items are recycled, they get processed in material recovery facility, where they get separated by material into paper, plastic, glass, metal, cartons and magazines or newspaper. After the separation, they are sent to reprocessor facilities, who pays for them to create new products.
Sorting out recyclable items can be confusing and a bit time consuming. How2Recycle has created a new, simple system for that purpose. The labels as shown above tells if the items are widely recycled, check locally, not yet recycled or store drop-off. How2Recycle has resources for check locally and also collects feedback. There are more than 40 participating members.
I think the system is very easy to understand and makes recycling of packaging a lot more efficient. I think other countries should try to follow this example. I can already imagine more recycling being done since it is easier and takes less time to sort them.
References
http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/sponsorvideo/think-you-know-how-recycle-think-again?utm_campaign=treehugger-native&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral
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