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As you will see, I inquired whether the buckets that cat litter comes
in can be recycled. Apparently, the answer is NO. Personally, I can
see no reason that only bottles and jars can be recycled, but obviously
my cat litter buckets will be added to what goes into the landfills.<br>
<br>
Steve.<br>
<br>
Ukwuoma, Valentina I wrote:
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it has a
narrow/long neck or screw top yes, include it with your recycling
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if it is the wide open type please discard. Also, as a point of
information,
please note that we accept plastics bottles and jars with numbers 1-7
on the bottom.
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Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:02 PM<br>
To: Ukwuoma, Valentina I<br>
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Frequestly Asked
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style="font-size: 12pt;">User: Stephen Gewirtz,
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style="font-size: 12pt;">Categories: Recycling<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">I get Scoop Away cat litter in a plastic
bucket that has a
"5" on it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">The bucket has a metal handle.<span style="">
</span>Can the bucket be recycled, and do I<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">need to remove the handle?<span style="">
</span>Can the handle be recycled?<span style="">
</span>And since the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">lid is a sizable piece of "5" plastic, can it
be recycled?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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