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Recycling can vary by region, and throwing the wrong things in your recycling can cause issues.
While Texas Recycles Day is celebrated each year on November 15th, you can use our Texas Recycles Day outreach calendar to recycle right all year long.
Organizations Read more below or click on the calendar below to get started. | Individuals Check out this page or skip to the Everyday Recycling Resources below to learn more. |
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What is TexasRecyclesDay.org?
A statewide campaign for recycling outreach celebrated each November 15th (launched in November 2021), and scheduled around how Texans live, work, and recycle regularly. Contamination is still the #1 barrier to recycling programs in Texas. Contamination is caused by confusion about what is recyclable and how. By harmonizing and standardizing outreach across the state, we can make a big impact on recycling in Texas. |
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Founding Organizations
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3 Ways to Participate
_ Create your own content Use #TexasRecycles and | _ Use our ready-to-go assets to quickly post content on the schedule. Check back for updates | _
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"Contamination" — anything in the recycling stream that doesn't belong there — is still the #1 barrier to recycling programs in Texas and can dramatically increase the cost of recycling for your community. Contamination is caused by confusion about what is recyclable and how to recycle it. |  |
How Does Contamination Hurt Recycling?
Items like clothing, shoes, and broken toys slow the whole process down.
Items like hoses, cords, batteries, and propane tanks, can actually damage machinery or start a fire.
Food waste and liquids can ruin the value of recyclables like paper, cardboard and metals.
How to Help Keep Our Resources Valuable?
Check the signs every time, make sure you know what you can throw
in the recycling bin before you throw it, and keep all recycling empty, clean, and dry.
_ If you have access to recycling, | _ If you're not sure, | _ If you don't have access to recycling at work, home, or school, you can |
Learn more about how to #RecycleRight TimetoRecycle.com from the NCTCOG Know What to Throw Quiz from the NTCOG Recycling Resources from the US EPA Recycling Basics from the US EPA |
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TexasRecyclesDay.org is managed by the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR).
All of STAR's work is made possible by our members and Mission Partners.
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ADVOCATE partners
FCC Environmental Services Office Interiors Group Universal Recycling Technologies Trashbusters Valet Trash & Recycling Dow Green Guy Recycling United Clothing Donation Services | Texas Tech University Integrated Waste Solutions Group Travis County Himes Service Company NewGen Strategies & Solutions LLC Denali Water Solutions Smurfit Kappa North America LLC Houston-Galveston Area Council | City of San Marcos CPS Energy Champion Waste & Recycling Liberty Tire Recycling SmartSort Technologies City of Plano The Organic Recycler |
By using or sharing any assets listed on this page, you agree to use them as presented and to not alter them in any way, unless specific permission to do otherwise is explicitly stated.
This effort was inspired in part by the success of the North Texas Know What to Throw campaign, which was prepared in cooperation with the North Central Texas Council of Governments through grant funds from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. More information and resources can be found at TimeToRecycle.com.
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