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Educate Yourself.

Stay Up To Date On What’s Going On With Waste And Recycling In Your City:

Find out how everything we choose to purchase and use effects the planet. 

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Educate Yourself About Recycling

Co-mingled recycling is great but can be confusing sometimes. What can be recycled varies from town to town so search your municipality’s website to find what is acceptable recycling.

Luckily the Town of Cary has launched a new mobile app called Cary Collects(available for free for download) that was designed to make recycling in Cary much easier through a Waste Wizard tool. Through this app you can search for a specific item to see if it is recyclable and get reminders of your collection schedule. From your computer, you can access this tool here.

Q.  I have more recycling than trash, and find that I run out of room in my brown recycle bin. How can I get a bigger bin?

A.  To switch from a 65-gallon cart to a larger 95-gallon cart at no fee, contact the Town of Cary at (919) 469-4090.

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Start Here.

Keep reusable grocery bags in your vehicle. If bringing reusable bags to the store with you is not yet a habit, do your best to make it one. By now we all have an understanding that single use plastic bags are harmful to our environment and specifically threaten marine life when it reaches rivers, lakes and coastline.

When you empty your groceries, immediately return the cloth bags to your car. You may occasionally forget to bring them but you will eventually create a habit.

<<< While you’re at it, throw these inside your reusable bags for buying loose produce!

Get a reusable water bottle that you love and avoid purchasing single-use plastic water bottles. Take time to shop around because personal preferences may vary and the goal is to live with this purchase for a very long time.