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2. Blue bag - Wikipedia

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   A blue bag is a blue coloured, sometimes semi-transparent bag for waste.In some localities, they are mandated for use for refuse [1] or for certain specific types of refuse. . In the latter usage, the distinguishing color serves to assist in recycling programs; blue typically indicates that the bag contains glass, plastic or polyethylene conte

3. Bin bag - Wikipedia

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   A bin bag, rubbish bag (British English), garbage bag, bin liner, trash bag (American English) or refuse sack is a disposable receptable for solid waste. These bags are useful to line the insides of waste containers to prevent the insides of the container from becoming coated in waste material. Most bags today are made out of plastic, and are ...

4. Blue box recycling system - Wikipedia

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   The blue box recycling system (BBRS) was initially a waste management system used by Canadian municipalities to collect source separated household waste materials for the purpose of recycling. The first full-scale community wide BBRS was implemented in 1983 by the waste management contractor Ontario Total Recycling Systems Ltd. (a subsidiary of ...

5. Recycling bin - Wikipedia

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   Blue bin recycling bin. The modern Blue-Box recycling bin was invented by Jack McGinnes nearly one hundred years after Poubelle's idea to sort types of waste by type. [9] The proliferation of curbside blue-bin recycling containers coincided with the increase in municipal recycling rates which increased from just over 6% in 1960 to over 35% in ...

6. Here's what happens to recycled materials across Shawnee ...

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   Disbrow: All the recycling material that is picked up curbside is delivered to the Waste Management’s Shawnee County recycling facility. This facility will transport the recyclables in ...

7. Kerbside collection - Wikipedia

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   As shown in the photo at left, week 1 would see the green cart and optional orange bags used for kitchen waste and other organics such as yard waste. Week 2 would permit non-recoverable waste in garbage bags or cans. Blue bags are used for paper, plastic and metal containers.