Can I Recycle ... ?
Each week we explain the recycling potential for an item that might be confusing. Because policies and recommendations can vary from city to city, each week we ask a sampling of officials from different municipalities to weigh in.
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Fast-food cups
Cold drinks usually come in two types of cups at fast-food restaurants -- entirely plastic or paper coated with polyethylene. In Los Angeles, only cups that are 100% plastic can be recycled in the blue bin. Plastic-coated paper cups must go in the trash because they're considered a mixed material that can't be separated into component parts.
Arcadia: Both Burbank: Only cups that are entirely plastic Glendale: Both Long Beach: Only plastic marked with a recycling number Los Angeles: Only plastic Manhattan Beach: Both Pasadena: Only plastic marked with a recycling number Riverside: Both Santa Barbara: Neither Santa Monica: Both Torrance: Only plastic marked with a recycling number Unincorporated L.A.: Only plastic West Hollywood: Both |
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