As Jennifer mentioned in her April poll results post, we’re going to discuss recycling a bit more. But, have you checked out the archives for the Recycle category?
It’s full of lots of good info, and I pulled out a few that might particularly interest you. Jennifer wrote the first three posts below a few months ago, before I joined Tree Hugging Family. They deal with specialized recycling questions, like what to do with prescription bottles.
How to Recycle Prescription Bottles
Smart Paint Disposal
Aerosol Product Recycling
Also, don’t forgot to brush up on your basic recycling terms:
Recycling Terms You Should Know Part One and …read more

I received an email from a green-minded reader asking about how she could recycle prescription bottles. In the past (and still) there have been some negative issues surrounding the recycling of prescription bottles and other plastics without necks.
The gist of it is the same reason plastic lids have non-recyclable qualities — even though the plastics may show the same number as your recyclable plastics they go through a very different manufacturing process. Marti at Eco-Cycle has a longer answer that talks about the process part of the problem.
That said there are some things you can do.
First you need to …read more