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Originally Posted by Patience
Does anyone else wash their plastic containers/bottles before putting them into the receycling bags? I've always washed everything. I'm under the impression that people stand at conveyor belts sifting through all this recyclable stuff. But I had a service engineer call to the house one day and I was washing a yoghurt carton and he seemed very surprised that I should wash it at all. So I was wondering am I the only one that does it? Am I mad?
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No you are not mad! I wash everything too, dog food cans especially as I am sure the pong off them wouldnt be to pleasent, jars plastic lids every container
thats recyclable.Oh and tetra milk cartons as they are another item that would smell to high heaven.I think we are supposed to wash them anyway as far as I know.
Well its more hygenic.