What happens when you accidentally put something in the recycling that isn’t meant to be recycled? Does it contaminate the entire batch? (side note: same question for Composting)

Question

I know that composting and recycling are fundamentally and scientifically different but my curiosity is the same.

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Answer 1

Y’all are going to hate this, but I worked for several park districts. We put out garbage and recycling cans, but everything goes in the trash.

Recycling company won’t take bagged recyclables. We aren’t going to take the time or biohazard risk to cut and dump each bag individually. Recycling bags are 10x more discussing than garbage bags. Fermented 1/2 Starbucks cups sitting out in the sun for over a week. 🤮🤮🤮