Waste Stream Reviews can reduce materials going to the landfill, help cut waste costs, and can be beneficial to all businesses. How? Improve Business Operations: Waste Stream Reviews can uncover breakdowns in a waste and recycling program, determine what is or isn't...
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Hangers Can’t Go In the Bin
Many people ask us if hangers can be recycled in the single stream. The simple answer is NO, you can't recycle any type of hanger in your single stream bin. Let us explain the why behind the No: Metal-Wire Hangers: Because of the odd shape with the hooks and "wiry"...
The Recycling Bin is a Black Hole …
Be careful what you put in the bin... once it's gone, it's gone! We constantly get calls asking us to find the shoe box with old pictures or jewelry that accidentally got set on the top of the bin. We understand how difficult it is to lose something so valuable......
Keep Fishing Line Out
When fishing gear gets in the recycling bin, especially fishing line, it causes SERIOUS damage to recycling equipment. However, if left lying on the ground or floating in the water, monofilament (“mono”) or nylon fishing line is extremely hazardous to the wildlife...
What Goes In The Bin?
Single Stream Recycling. If you don't know what single stream recycling is, think about your bin at home. This "single" bin is where you put all of your recyclables (no sorting needed). Once that bin gets picked up from your house, it goes to Millennium Recycling...
KEEP OUT – Electric Cords
Stringy things like electric cords or wires get caught in our equipment and force us to shut down the entire line to get them out – wasting time and damaging our equipment. KEEP OUT OF THE RECYCLING BIN: Electric Wires or Cords Electronics Cords Power Cords Holiday...
Bikes don’t go in the Bin!
Bicycles do not belong in the recycling bin. The single stream process is not meant for scrap metal like bikes or other items outside of the single stream categories. If they make it in, they can damage the equipment, slow the process down, or worse - hurt our...
Tarps, Tents & Banners (Cloth, Fabric, Vinyl or Plastic) are Not Recyclable.
Banners, Camping Tents and Tarps are NOT recyclable in the single stream… no matter what material they are made of. WHY NOT!?! Vinyl, plastic, cloth or fabric tarps, banners, tents and other types of textiles (clothing, blankets, bed sheets, towels etc.) get caught in...
Electronics, Bulbs & Batteries Don’t Go In The Bin
NOT accepted at Millennium: Electronics, Bulbs & Batteries It is ILLEGAL to throw electronics and white good appliances in your Sioux Falls trash bin and they are NOT ALLOWED in your recycling bin. They cause serious problems at the recycling facility and are a...
Promoting Business Recycling
Businesses opt-out of single stream recycling for many different reasons - often times it's lack of knowledge on what can be recycled or what their recycling options are. Recycling usually doesn't make the top of the day's agenda, especially if businesses don't know...