Diane, John is correct, shredded paper is no longer accepted in the blue bin. If loose it ends up as litter, if stapled shut in a bag (as we used to suggest people do), the sorting facility can not open the bags up (the process moves too fast these days for that to happen). Check out this link - scroll to the bottom "Shredded Paper" section (https://ocrra.org/how-do-i-get-rid-of/confidential-documents/) to find ways to manage your shredded paper (you can recycle it by dropping it off to a specific location OR you can put it in your trash where it will be converted to electricity at the Waste-to-Energy Facility (each year our community's trash is turned into enough electricity to power 30,000 homes!).
Trash. Can not go into recycling
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