Recycling - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:16:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Recycling - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Don’t Make These Recycling Mistakes https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/05/01/dont-make-these-recycling-mistakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-make-these-recycling-mistakes Mon, 01 May 2023 19:02:06 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1635285 Maybe you’ve faced this same dilemma: You have an item that’s come to the end of its life—say, a string of holiday lights—but you’re wavering between tossing the tangled mess into the trash (after all, it’s got all sorts of electronic bits) or the recycling (still, it has quite a bit of plastic). There’s a […]

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How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree Around DC https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/01/03/how-to-recycle-your-christmas-tree-around-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-recycle-your-christmas-tree-around-dc Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:18:22 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1616570 It’s officially January, which means it’s probably time to get rid of your Christmas tree (especially if you’re one of those people who puts the tree up in November). Here are steps to recycle your tree in DC, Maryland, and Virginia—just remember to remove all the decorations and lights beforehand. DC From January 3 through […]

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This DC Duo Is Turning Trash From Vigilante Coffee Into Cool Jewelry https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/02/this-dc-duo-is-turning-trash-from-vigilante-coffee-into-cool-jewelry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-dc-duo-is-turning-trash-from-vigilante-coffee-into-cool-jewelry Thu, 02 May 2019 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=701717 The mother-daughter duo behind Washington jewelry and accessories brand Giulia Letzi wants to make recycling more fashionable. The brand’s latest line, Meta, debuted in April, and uses plastic and aluminum from Vigilante Coffee to make necklaces, earrings, cuffs, and pins. Meta is an offshoot of the duo’s original eco-conscious line, Metamorphosis, although this is the […]

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Is DC Really Handing Out $200 Tickets For Incorrect Recycling? https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/10/22/can-you-be-fined-for-recycling-incorrectly-dc-chevy-chase/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-you-be-fined-for-recycling-incorrectly-dc-chevy-chase Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:56:49 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=495041 Subscribers to the Chevy Chase Community listserv were surprised last week when a member shared that she had received a $200 ticket from DPW—just for failing to separate recyclables from regular trash. Are garbage cops now combing through our Supercans in search of errant pizza boxes and takeout containers? Outrage ensued, especially given how complicated […]

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The White House Doesn’t Want to Talk About Its Trash https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/08/31/the-white-house-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-its-trash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-white-house-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-its-trash Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:47:18 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=454028 Don’t ask the White House to tell you who collects its garbage—it won’t tell you. In fact, much of 1600 Pennsylvania’s trash-collection process is kept under wraps. Even the most basic of confirmations are hard to nail down. Why? According to deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters, the office “does not discuss security clearances.” (So, scrap that pitch […]

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Where to Get Rid of Just About Anything https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/13/where-to-get-rid-of-just-about-everything/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-to-get-rid-of-just-about-everything Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:00:31 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=318920 *This article was initially published in 2018, please double check these places are still open and accepting donations.*  Ah, springtime. When a homeowner’s thoughts turn to . . . chucking everything out the window. Though it’s easy to be inspired by clean-out guru Marie Kondo’s words to keep “only those things that speak to your […]

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Six Surprising Things Made From Your Recyclables https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/02/15/six-surprising-things-made-from-your-recyclables/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=six-surprising-things-made-from-your-recyclables Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:00:42 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=278873 Your pile of junk could become a shiny new playground, someone’s ride to work, or the reason your azaleas bloom. Plastic Bags ➜ Your New Deck Trex, a company in Winchester, Virginia, takes bags collected at grocery stores and combines them with sawdust to make plastic lumber for decks. An average 500-square-foot deck, according to […]

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Are You Making These Common Recycling Mistakes? https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/02/14/making-common-recycling-mistakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-common-recycling-mistakes Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:05:19 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=283645 “People are ‘wish-cycling,’ ” says Cody Marshall, vice president of technical assistance for the Recycling Partnership, a national nonprofit. “They think if it goes in the recycling bin, it will somehow get recycled.” In reality, throwing things that aren’t recyclable into the bin can hinder recycling efforts, because it requires extra energy to pluck them […]

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Here’s What Happens to Your Recyclables After You Leave Them on the Curb https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/02/08/heres-what-happens-to-your-recyclables-after-you-leave-them-on-the-curb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-what-happens-to-your-recyclables-after-you-leave-them-on-the-curb Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:00:15 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=278634 What happens to all the stuff you toss?  Step 1: Haulers take recyclables from your curb to facilities throughout the area. For instance, if you live in DC, Alexandria, or Arlington, they end up in Elkridge; in Montgomery County, they go to Derwood; in Prince George’s County, to Capitol Heights. Step 2: Once at the recycling plant, […]

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