If you’re here, you already know the value of a strong recycling program—and now you can help amplify the message across R.I.
RIRRC has created a set of ready-to-use social media posts designed to educate and reinforce good recycling habits. These resources are available for local governments, recycling haulers, and Rhode Island organizations to share with their communities. By working together, we can spread consistent, accurate messages about the benefits of recycling, and how to do it right.
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Illustration Landscape Recyclable Video These items go in your recycling cart: 📄 Paper, 📦 cardboard & 🥤 cartons 🥫 Metal cans, 🧴 lids & 🧻 foil 🍾 Glass bottles & jars 🧃 Plastic containers That’s it. Nothing more! And NEVER any plastic bags! #RecyclingRight #RecyclingMatters
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Illustration Recycling Superhero Video ♻️ To be a great recycler, focus on these four categories: 📄 Paper, 📦 cardboard & 🥤 cartons 🥫 Metal cans, 🧴 lids & 🧻 foil 🍾 Glass bottles & jars 🧃 Plastic containers That’s it. Nothing more! Learn more at RecycleRI.org 🌍✨
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Illustration Recyclo Juggling Video No Trash in This Act! Recyclo is a pro—juggling only recyclables! 🥤📦♻️ Want to join the act? Learn which items belong in your recycling bin—paper, cardboard, & cartons, metal cans, lids & foil, glass bottles & jars, and plastic containers—so nothing ends up as trash. Check out the mixed recycling guidelines at RIRRC.org
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Infographic Recycling Helps Video 🌎💚 When we recycle correctly, we save money, preserve the life of RI’s Central Landfill, and protect the environment! 🙌♻️ #RecycleRI #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #ProtectOurPlanet
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Infographic Single Use Swaps Video Think reusable whenever possible—small changes in your daily habits add up to a BIG impact. Here are a few easy ways to start: ♻️ Swap single-use styrofoam containers for reusable glass ♻️ Swap single-use plastic straws for reusable metal ♻️ Swap single-use paper napkins for reusable cloth Every choice counts—together, we can create a more…
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Infographic Batteries Fire Post 🔥 Rechargeable Batteries = Fire Risk 🔥 Rechargeable batteries can spark, overheat, or explode when crushed or damaged—making them extremely dangerous in recycling carts and trash bins. 🚫 Do NOT put rechargeable batteries in your trash or recycling. 🔋 Lithium batteries are commonly found in phones, laptops, power tools, toys, and many everyday electronics. 📍…
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Infographic Don’t Contaminate ✅ Keep recycling clean. ✅ Keep recycling green. ❌ Don’t contaminate. ➡️ Contamination happens when the wrong items—or the right items prepared incorrectly, like recyclables placed inside plastic bags—end up in the MIXED RECYCLING carts. 👉 Follow the rules, and help us recycle more and save money! 🔎 Visit rirrc.org/az-search and use the RI Recycling…
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Infographic A Circular Economy ♻️What is a Circular Economy? 👉 According to the EPA, a circular economy: ➡️ Keeps materials and products in circulation for as long as possible ➡️ Reduces material use ➡️ Redesigns materials and products to be less resource intensive ➡️ Recaptures “waste” as a resource to manufacture new materials and products #CircularEconomy #BetterForThePlanet https://www.epa.gov/circulareconomy
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Infographic Recycling & Disposal Guide 🤔🔎 When it doubt, search it out! 👉 Our RI Recycling & Disposal Guide can help you when you don’t know the correct disposal method for an item. 🗑️♻️From aerosol cans to zip-top bags, look up any item and get clear answers on how to recycle (or safely dispose of) it in Rhode Island. Visit…
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Infographic What To Recycle In Cart Your recycling cart is ONLY for these items: 📄 Paper, 📦 Cardboard & Cartons, 🥫 Metal Cans, Lids & Foil, 🍾 Glass Bottles & Jars, and 🧴 Plastic Containers ♻️ That’s it, nothing else #RecycleRI #WhatIsInYourCart
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Infographic Monster Truck ➡️ In 2024, RI’s Central Landfill received 1,800 tons of TRASH EACH DAY, OR the equivalent of 360 Monster Trucks! 🛻 🚚 🚛 #RecyclingMatters
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Infographic Composting – 3 Frames 🍃Backyard Composting: Turn Scraps Into Soil 🟤 Carbon-Rich Browns: 🥬Fall leaves & straw 🪵Twigs & untreated wood chips/shavings 📦Shredded cardboard – (no wax coating/tape/glue) 📰Shredded newspaper & brown bags 🟢 Nitrogen-Rich Greens: 🥀Grass clippings & garden trimmings – (no weeds with seeds) 🍎 Fruits & veggie scraps – (no produce stickers) 🥚 Egg Shells –…
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Infographic Avoid Waste – 3 Frames ✅ The most sustainable choice is avoiding waste in the first place. 👉 Reducing your consumption means fewer resources used, greater support for a circular economy, and a smaller impact on the planet. Waste Management Hierarchy: ⬇️Reduce: Buy less and look for better quality and longer lasting products. 👍Reuse: Repair broken items, repurpose for longer…
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Infographic Why Does Recycling Matter Question: Why does recycling matter? Answer: 👉Recycling conserves trees, water, and energy 👉Reduces pollution and emissions 👉Supports a circular economy 👉Helps protect our planet #WhyRecyclingMatters #ReducesPollution #CircularEconomy #ProtectsPlanet
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Infographic 292MM Tons Trash 🗑️In the United States in 2018, 292.4 million tons of trash were generated, according to the EPA. 👎146.1 million tons ended up in landfills. 👉 You can dramatically reduce the amount of trash by recycling. ♻️ #KeepOutOfLandfill
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Infographic 74pct Repurposed 🗓️ Over a year’s time, RI Resource Recovery Corporation successfully sorted and repurposed 74% of the material that was accepted for processing at our Material Recovery Facility (MRF.) ♻️ #RecycleRI
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Infographic Drug Takeback 💊 Got unused or expired medications? Turn them in safely at a DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event! 📍 Find a location near you: https://www.dea.gov/takebackday Got empty pill bottles? Larger bottles can be recycled, but small ones (less than 2″ x 2″) belong in the trash. 🔍 For more tips on safely disposing of medications,…
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Infographic Statue of Liberty ♻ RI Recycling in Action! Over a year’s time, RI Resource Recovery repurposed 74% of all accepted mixed recycling—that’s over 71,000 tons, or the equivalent of 2 1/2 Statues of Liberty kept out of the landfill!🗽 #KeepItGreen #WasteNot #RIRecycling
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Illustration Landscape Tips – 3 Frames 👍♻️Follow these tips to up your recycling game. ❌ NO Plastic bags, EVER!! ❌ NO Paper pieces small than 3” x 5” ❌ NO Plastic containers less than 2” x 2” ❌ NO cardboard designed to go in your fridge or freezer ❌ NO Plastics that shatter or splinter ❌ NO Coated foil (yogurt lids/candy…
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Illustration Pirate 🌊 Arrr you doing your part? Recycling correctly saves money, preserves the life of RI’s Central Landfill, and preserves the environment. ⚓ Make sure your recycling cart is in ship-shape! #RecycleCorrectly
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Illustration Magic ✨♻️ Recycling isn’t magic! 🪄 Recycle: 📄 Paper / 📦 Cardboard / 🥤 Cartons 🥫 Metal cans / 🔩 Lids / 🧈 Foil 🍾 Glass bottles & jars 🧴 Plastic containers That’s it — nothing else! 👍 And NEVER any plastic bags! 🚫🛍️ 💚 #RecycleRI #RecycleRight #CleanRecycling
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Illustration Landscape Doesn’t Belong RRC Drop Off Take these items to the Residential Recycling Drop-Off at RIRRC – they don’t belong in you recycling cart. ❌Clothing that is clean, dry and odorless ❌Old appliances ❌Tires ❌Used books ❌Old bedding ❌TVs, laptops, tablets, computers and monitors ❌Dried out holiday tree But where do these old items go? Take them to the Residential Recycling…
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Illustration Sorcerer 💫✨🌙 Sorcerers need not apply! You don’t need to be a wizard to figure out what to recycle in your curbside recycling cart. Recycle paper/cardboard/cartons, metal cans/lids/foil, glass bottles/jars, & plastic containers. That’s it, nothing else. And NEVER any plastic bags! #RecycleCorrectly
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Illustration Landscape HHW ⚠️🏠 These items are household hazardous waste (HHW). 👉 Take them to the Eco-Depot! Household hazardous waste includes anything labeled with: 💀 Skull and crossbones ☣️ Toxic, ❗ Poison, 🔥 Flammable, or 💥 Combustible Examples include: 🧪 Mercury devices 🚗 Automotive fluids ⛽ Gasoline 🛢️ Propane tanks 🌼 Fertilizers 🐜 Pesticides 🏊 Pool chemicals ✨…
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Illustration Landscape HHW Special Handling ⚠️🏡 Household Hazardous Waste requires special handling. Find an upcoming Eco-Depot event near you at www.ecodepotri.org ♻️✨ 📅 Remember—appointments are required. Schedule yours today! 👍😊
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Illustration Landscape Compostable Items 🌿♻️ These items are compostable: 🌱 Grass clippings 🌿 Fresh plant & yard trimmings 🍂 Leaves 📄 Shredded cardboard & paper 🥚 Ripped up cardboard egg cartons 🥕🍌 Vegetable & fruit peels, cores, rinds, scraps 🥬🍓 Spoiled vegetables & fruits 🥚 Eggshells ☕ Coffee grounds, filters & tea bags 🪴 Place them in your backyard…
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Illustration Landscape Plastic Bags ❌🛍️NEVER place plastic bags or plastic film in your recycling bin. ✅ Reuse or drop them off at special collection bins found at supermarkets, big-box stores, and pharmacies. #RecycleRI #NoPlasticBags
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Illustration Play Game ♻️🗑️💻 Play our fun waste sorting game… you may be surprised at what you learn! Visit rhodeislandresource.recycle.game to play! #RecycleRI #WasteSortingGame
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Illustration Frozen Lemonade 🍋 ♻ Keep your recycling cart like you keep your frozen lemonade…No plastic straws. No plastic spoons. EVER! 🚫 Plastic straws and spoons don’t belong in your recycling cart. The rule for recycling plastic in RI’s mixed recycling program is that it must be a plastic container. That’s it—no other types of plastic! #RecycleRightRI #NoStrawsNoSpoons
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Illustration No Tricks 🎃♻️ No magic tricks needed to be a recycling hero this Halloween! Recycling is quick and easy! 👻 Decorations: Use decorations you already have or craft your own from sustainable materials. Simple, creative, eco-friendly—no wand required! 🕷️ Costumes: Repurpose, swap, or buy secondhand. Costumes can have many lives—imagination is all the magic you need! 🍬…
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Illustration How To Recycle Plastic Bags 🚫♻️ Plastic bags don’t belong in your recycling bin—and they should never be used to collect your recyclables! Plastic bags tangle the sorting machinery, contaminating an otherwise good recycling load. Help us save time and money by making sure you keep them out of your recycling cart. ✅ Drop them off at special collection bins…
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Illustration Don’t Wish-Cycle ♻ Stop Wish-cycling! Putting the wrong items in your recycling bin doesn’t help—it hurts. 🚫 👉 Wish-cycling = tossing in items you hope are recyclable, like plastic bags, clothes, or garden hoses. These items jam machines, slow down the process, and can even contaminate good recyclables. ✅ When in doubt, leave it out. Check our…
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Photo Trick or Treat 🎃 Trick-or-TREAT the planet right! Celebrate Halloween sustainably: ✅ Reuse costumes or swap with a friend ✅ Reuse last year’s decorations ✅ Compost your pumpkin Comment below on the ways you are celebrating sustainably this year! #RecycleRI #HappyHalloween
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Photo Hop On Max Bus Ever wondered what happens to your recycling & discarded items? 🚌 Hop on the MaxBus to find out! Book a visit today: https://rirrc.org/education-program-support/tours-field-trips #RecycleRI #MaxBus
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Photo Freeze Em Don’t Lose Em 🍓Freeze ’em so you don’t lose ’em! 🔒Lock in that freshness and boost of antioxidants by making jams or freezing your fresh produce! or 🍓Strawberry season is here but the berry’s freshness won’t last forever! 🔒Lock in that freshness and boost of antioxidants by making jams or freezing your fresh produce!
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Photo Cookouts Not Blowouts 🍽️🔥Cookouts not blowouts! Keep the environment and your family safe by disposing propane tanks safely. #NoPropaneTanks
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Photo Tour Life After Curb 🤔 Curious about life after the curb? 🚌 Take a tour to discover what happens to your recycling and trash once it leaves the curb! Book a visit today: https://rirrc.org/education-program-support/tours-field-trips #RecycleRI
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Photo Keep A Lid On It 🤫 Keep a lid on it! It’s not a secret that keeping your recycling lid closed keeps items inside dry and prevents them from blowing away! 👍Recycle Right and keep your cart’s lid closed at all times! #RecycleRI #RecyclingRight
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Photo HHW Eco Depot ❌ Keep household hazardous waste out of your bins! ✅ Instead bring it to Eco-Depot for safe, FREE disposal. 💗 The environment and all of us here at RIRRC thank you!
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Photo 20 Years Until Full RI’s Central Landfill has 20 Years until full! 🕐 The clock’s ticking and we need your help! Don’t fill up your trash can with metal cans and plastic containers, those go in your recycling cart! Every item kept out of the trash makes a difference! #RecycleRI
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Photo Clothing and Textiles 👕 ❌ Keep clothing and textiles out of your bin! ✅ Donate, make rags, or organize a swap, but NEVER put them in your recycling bin. #RecycleRI #NoClothing
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Photo Mattress Box Spring Caught up on that extra hour of sleep? 😌 Great — now let’s talk about how to properly dispose of your mattress/box spring! 🛏️ 🗑️ Check with your local Department of Public Works to see if they offer drop-off or premium collection services: 🔗 rirrc.org/items/mattresses Or find all recycling sites at 🌐 ByeByeMattress.com
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Photo Dia De Muertos ✨ This Día de Muertos, honor your loved ones AND the planet. ✨ Día de Muertos Recycling Tips ✅ Paper flowers & papel picado: Recyclable if made from plain paper (no glitter, foil, or plastic). ✅ Glass jars & bottles (for candles or drinks): Empty, rinse, and recycle. ✅ Cardboard altars or shoeboxes: Flatten and…
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Anatomy Batteries NEVER put batteries of any kind your recycling bin. They can spark chemical fires and put our workers in danger. Many types of batteries require special handling. Visit our A-Z Search Tool to learn about proper battery disposal >> https://https://rirrc.org/az-search #RecycleRI #NoBatteries
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Anatomy Yogurt Cup Yogurt cups make for great after school snacks! Make sure the whole family is recycling correctly. 🗑️Foil lids → Trash ♻️Yogurt container → Recycle Make recycling a family affair! Recycling helps reduce pollution, saves energy, and reduces waste! #RecycleRI
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Anatomy Sunscreen 😎 Sunny days ahead, and sunscreen is always a good idea! But don’t forget to recycle your empty bottles! The following sunscreen containers can ALL be recycled: ☀️Metal aerosol cans (once completely empty*) ☀️Plastic tubes ☀️Plastic bottles ☀️Plastic sticks Just remember to empty and rinse containers when possible. *To empty aerosol container completely, press and…
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Anatomy Recycle Bin ❄️Keep your recyclables dry this winter by keeping your recycling bin’s lid closed at all times! RECYLE RIGHT: ♻️Keep recyclables loose ♻️Never put plastic bags in your bin #RecycleRI
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Anatomy Plastic Buckets When recycling plastic buckets, please make sure to empty and clean before tossing into your recycling bin. Plastic buckets should be clean of any dirt or sand. ♻️5 gallon buckets → Recycle ♻️Sand pails → Recycle 🗑️Buckets over 5 gallons → Trash #RecycleRI #ReycleRight
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Anatomy Pizza Box Read on to get a slice of the action! There’s nothing like getting a box of pizza strips from your local joint! Here’s some tips on how to recycle your empty box. 🍕Pizza box → Recycle 🍕Plastic pizza saver → Trash 🍕Box Liners of any kind → Trash 🍕Pizza crust → Trash #RecycleRI #Pizza
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Anatomy New Year Cheers to the New Year! Have some party clean up to do before you start your New Year’s resolutions? Host’s guide to recycling: ✅ Champagne glasses → Reuse or donate ✅ Champagne bottle → Recycle ✅ Cork & cage → in the Trash. #RecycleRI
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Anatomy Glass Jar and Lid Recycling jars isn’t hard! Just follow these few easy steps below: ✅ Both glass jars & lids can be recycled ✅ Remove lid from jar before tossing in your recycling cart ✅ Empty & rinse jars #RecycleRI
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Anatomy Egg Carton Recycling your cartons right is EGGcelent! ✅ Foam cartons → in the Trash ✅ Paper cartons → Recycle or Compost ✅ Plastic cartons→ Recycle! #RecycleRI #NoStyrofoam
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How To Flatten 🍕🥤Having a pizza party? Make sure to flatten the empty pizza boxes but not the soda bottles and cans before recycling! #RecycleRI #Flatten 🥛🥣A bowl of cereal makes for a easy and delicious breakfast! Just make sure to flatten empty cereal boxes but not the milk jug before recycling! #RecycleRI #Flatten
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How To Plastic 🧹🧽Household cleaning means lots of dusting, scrubbing, and bottles of cleaning products! Once your house is squeaky clean make sure to throw your empty bottles, containers, and buckets in your recycling cart! When recycling plastic containers, remember these simple rules: ✅ Empty and rinse whenever possible ✅ Put caps on ✅ Do not crush ✅…
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How To Glass 🫙When recycling glass bottles and jars make sure to: ♻️remove metal lids & recycle separately ♻️empty & rinse whenever possible ♻️never put broken glass in your recycling cart ♻️do not put glass bottles in plastic bag ♻️glassware & baking dishes do not get recycled #KeepItClean #KeepItLoose #RecycleRI
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How To Fiber 📰 Breaking News on recycling your fiber products! What: Paper, carboard and cartons Where: Your recycling cart! When: Always!… Just no shredded paper or in plastic bags. Please flatten paper & cardboard. Why: Because recycling matters! #RecyclingMatters #KeepItDry #KeepItLoose #RecycleR
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How To Metal Cans and Foil 🥫STEEL the show and recycle correctly. Metal cans and foil belong in your recycling cart. Just make sure to empty and rinse cans and ball up foil! #RecycleRI #KeepItClean #KeepItLoose
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No Leaf and Yard Waste As the leaves fall, 🍁 don’t fall into the habit of tossing your yard waste in the recycling cart! 🚫♻️ 🍃 Leaves DO NOT get recycled! Instead, consider 🌿 composting them — it’s better for the planet 🌎 and your garden! 🌱 #NoLeaves #NoYardWaste #RecycleRI
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No Flammable Containers ⛽ Boating season is over for now and so are the days of gassing up for a day on the water. If you are throwing away old gas tanks they go in the trash NOT your recycling cart! #RecycleRI ⛽ Grass cutting season is over for now and so are the days of gassing up…
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No Batteries 🔋 Batteries are positively a NO when it comes to recycling! #NoBatteries #RecycleRI
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No Tanglers 🪢Tangled up on what do you with your old cords, rope, or hoses? They belong in the trash NOT your recycling cart! #NoTanglers #RecycleRI
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No E-Waste 💻 Don’t want your E-Waste to go to waste? Well, you can’t recycle it—but there are other options. Information on disposing E-Waste: RecycleRI.org #RecycleRI #NoE-Waste
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No Clothing Textiles 🍁👕 Switching your Summer closet over to Fall? 🌱👕 Switching your Winter closet over to Spring? Clothes that you wish to get rid of should be donated, not recycled. #RecycleRI #NoClothing
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No Foam Don’t put foam takeout containers in your recycling cart. Foam goes in the trash!🗑️ Here’s a list of items you can recyle: paper, cardboard & cartons, metal cans, lids & foil, glass bottles & jars, and plastic containers. #RecycleRI #NoFoam
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No Diapers 👶🚫Pee-ew…all diapers belong in the trash!🗑️ Diapers do not get recycled. Your recycling cart is only for paper, cardboard & cartons, metal cans, lids & foil, glass bottles & jars, and plastic containers. #RecycleRI #NoDiapers
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No Plastic Bags 🛍️ NEVER put plastic bags in your recycling cart. They get caught and clog our machinery! That’s extra baggage we don’t need. #RecycleRI #NoPlasticBags
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No Shredded Paper 📰📄Shredded paper is a NO when it comes to recycling! #RecycleRI #NoShreddedPaper
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No Receipts 🧾 Saving your receipts in case of a return is always a good idea, but putting them in your recycling bin is not. Receipts should be put into the trash! #RecycleRI #NoReceipts or ❄️🧾Lots of shopping this holiday season? Make sure to throw your receipts away in the TRASH once you no longer need them.…
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No Food Liquid 🚫🍎 Keep food and liquid out of your recycling cart! 🥤❌ Your recycling cart is only for: 📄 Paper, 📦 Cardboard & Cartons, 🥫 Metal Cans, Lids & Foil, 🍾 Glass Bottles & Jars, and 🧴 Plastic Containers ♻️ Let’s keep Rhode Island recycling correctly! 💚 #NoFoodScraps #Compost #RecycleRI
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Yes Plastic Containers 💧Cap It, Rinse It, Recycle It! ♻️ If it’s a plastic container it should be recycled. ✅Plastic containers: Containers must be empty at a minimum and rinsed whenever possible. ✅Plastic tops: Place them back on the container before recycling.
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Yes Pizza Boxes 🍕 It’s pizza night! Don’t forget to recycle your pizza boxes! ✅ A little bit of grease on the bottom of the box is okay — but greasy liners & pizza savers are 🚫 trash. If the bottom of the box is too greasy make sure to trash it 🗑️ and just recycle the top.👍…
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Recycling Yes/No Theme | 447 KB | Download |
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Yes Paper and Cardboard 📰♻️Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Please recycle old newspapers, cardboard, and junk mail! Flatten paper & cardboard before placing in your cart! #RecyclingMatters
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Yes Metal Cans Lids Foil 🥫🫙 Cans CAN be recycled — and lids & foil too! ♻️✨ 🔹 Metal cans: Don’t flatten them! They need to keep their shape for proper sorting at our Materials Recycling Facility 🏭 🔹 Empty & rinse: All items should be empty at a minimum, and rinsed whenever possible 💧 🔹 Aluminum foil: Wipe off…
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Yes Glass Bottles and Jars 🫙♻️Recycling is a GLASS act. All glass bottles and jars go in your recycling cart. Make sure to remove lids, empty contents, & rinse before you toss them in.
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Yes Cartons 🧃Recycle cartons: Yes! But don’t flatten! Cartons must be empty at a minimum, and rinsed whenever possible. Place plastic tops back on to cartons prior to recycling. #RecyclingMatters
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Tanglers Video 🚫 ♻ Tanglers = Trouble! We don’t want “knotty” recycling—hoses, ropes, cords, and wires do NOT belong in your recycling bin or cart. Stringy items wrap around the sorting equipment and bring everything to a halt. 👉 Keep tanglers out of recycling. Trash them instead. #RecyclingMatters #NoTanglers #DontBeKnotty
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Recycling Myths Video ♻️Rhode Island, recycling does make a difference! Don’t let the myths fool you. ✅ Fact: It’s easy and efficient ✅ Fact: Every bottle, can, and box recycled saves energy and keeps waste out of the landfill. ✅ Fact: Here in RI, recycling is alive and well – materials are sorted and sold to be turned…
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Unwanted Clothing Video 👕 Donate clothes, shoes, or other textiles instead of tossing them. 👉 Never place textiles in your curbside recycling bin. If they’re clean, dry, and odorless—they’re good to donate! ✅ Even worn or torn items can go into clothing collection containers across RI. What can’t be reused is sold to a textile recycler, keeping it…
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Photo Landfill Tour RI’s Central Landfill is an environmental engineering marvel! It’s a sanitary landfill, where trash is compacted to take up minimal space, and sealed off from the environment. 👀See for yourself—take a tour and discover: ✅ How the landfill is constructed ✅ How recyclables are sorted in the Materials Recycling Facility ✅ Other innovative operations like…
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Photo Keeping it Loose 🚫 Don’t Bag Your Recycling! ♻️ Putting your recyclables in a plastic bag stops recycling in its tracks. Bags get tangled in our machines, slow down the sorting process and can ruin otherwise good recycling. ✅ Always put recycling loose in the bin. #RecyclingMatters
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Photo Eco-Depot Event ⚠ Got hazardous waste hiding in your basement, garage, or shed? It’s time to get rid of it safely! Bring it to our FREE Eco-Depot event: [Event Info Here] Remember, appointments are required. Schedule yours today: www.ecodepotri.org
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Photo Leaf and Yard Waste Fall is now upon us. 🍁 Let’s remember, 🍂 Leaves are for raking, composting, or jumping in the pile— ❌ Not for your recycling cart! Please keep all yard waste out of the recycling stream.♻ Pro tip: Composting your leaves is a great way to return nutrients back to the soil. 🌱 #FallCleanup #Compost
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Photo Abundant Harvest 🌽 🍑 🥒 Abundant harvest? Put it up! Don’t let your garden fresh fruits and veggies go to waste—preserve them! 🥫 Canning, freezing, and pickling are tasty ways to enjoy the season’s best long after it’s gone—think applesauce, crunchy pickles, and garden-fresh tomato sauce. Fill your shelves & freezer now and savor the taste of…
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Recycling Myths ♻️Rhode Island, recycling does make a difference! Don’t let the myths fool you. ✅ Fact: It’s easy and efficient ✅ Fact: Every bottle, can, and box recycled saves energy and keeps waste out of the landfill. ✅ Fact: Here in RI, recycling is alive and well – materials are sorted and sold to be turned…
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Infographic Landfill 20 Years ⏳ At current disposal rates, Rhode Island’s Central Landfill will be full in just 20 years. Once full, RI’s trash disposal costs will likely increase. Recycling more today can delay that. ♻ Every bottle, can, and paper you recycle helps delay the landfill’s full capacity and preserves our environment. #RecycleRI #WasteLess #SustainableFuture #RecycleRight
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Statue of Liberty ♻ RI Recycling in Action! Over a year’s time, RI Resource Recovery repurposed 74% of all accepted mixed recycling—that’s over 71,000 tons, or the equivalent of 2 1/2 Statues of Liberty kept out of the landfill! 🗽 Recycling matters, Rhode Island! 🌎 #RecyclingMattersI #KeepItGreen #WasteNot #RIRecycling
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Super Recycler 🍋 ♻ Keep your recycling cart like you keep your frozen lemonade…No plastic straws.No plastic spoons. EVER! 🚫 Plastic straws and spoons don’t belong in your recycling cart. The rule for recycling plastic in RI’s mixed recycling program is that it must be a plastic container. That’s it—no other types of plastic!” #RecyclingMatters#RecycleRightRI #NoStrawsNoSpoons
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Plastic Bags-Game 🚫♻️ Plastic bags don’t belong in your recycling bin—and they should never be used to collect your recyclables! Plastic bags tangle the sorting machinery, contaminate an otherwise good recycling load. Help us save time and money by making sure you keep them out of your recycling cart. ✅ Drop them off at special collection bins…
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Plastic Bottle What parts of a plastic bottle actually belong in your bin? ✅ Plastic Bottle: Always recyclable! ✅ Plastic Cap: Recyclable—make sure it’s screwed back on the bottle. ✅ Plastic Sprayer / Pump: Yes, recycle these too! 💡 Tip: Empty and rinse first—and NEVER put your recycling in a plastic bag. Keep it loose! 🌎 #RecyclingMatters…
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Coffee ☕ 💚 Hey coffee lovers! Today is National Coffee Day and we’re here with a quick reminder on how to recycle your cups the right way: ✅ Hot coffee cups → Cup &lid in the trash. ✅ Iced coffee cups → Rinse & recycle the plastic cup + lid. Straws go in the trash. Sip…
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Rosh Hashana 🍯 🍎 Shana Tova! As you celebrate the Jewish New Year, remember you can make it a greener one too: ♻ Recycle empty glass honey jars once they’re rinsed clean. Remove metal tops from glass bottles and jars and recycle them separately in your bin/cart. 🌱 Compost your apple cores and peels to keep food…
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