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I usually fill them with water, let them sit for a few hours, before putting the lid back and and shaking them until cleared of food particles before placing them in the recycling bin.
We use to be able to put these items in recycle bin if they were clean of substantial food. This was interpreted by the county as you got out what you can by hand. However, a year ago they found out that they were being paid less for the glass jars becsue they were not "clean" of product. So they changed the rule and say we can not have any food in the jars/containers and they need to be clean. For a while they started issueing warnings and citations for violations. Its my understanding that glass recylcing has droped 50% and solid waste has seen a spike in "not cleaned" recyclable containers in the trash. The increase amkunt hey are making on just the clean jars is far less than they made before and they have the added expense of increase solid waste. Go figure!
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Rinsing the jars out wastes water and fills the sewer system with additional solids.
I keep the empties (with some remnants) at the bottom of the fridge till pickup day then in the bin it goes.
Its my understanding that glass recycling has dropped 50%
Actually I don't why they even bother to recycle glass anymore. It's too heavy to transport it very far. Very few companies want to pay for the expense of moving recycled glass, they just have new bottles made. And lets face it, glass isn't exactly a toxic product to the environment.
Scrape (into the trash) as much from the inside as possible with a rubber spatula when first emptied so there is less to dry on. Then I give them a quick wash-out at the end of my normal dishwashing routine, with "dirty" dishwater, which goes into my compost (not septic/sewer). For beverage cans and bottles, stuff that isn't thick, a quick rinse in greywater usually does the trick and keeps the recycling from growing stuff or attracting pests.
We just chuck everything into the trash. Our community separates and cleans the recyclables out of our trash after collection.
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