Centro Reciclaje/ Recyling Center Info

For a long time, the Bitterroot recycling center here in Montana would take a number of items, among them aluminum for which they would pay. I didn't ask for money; I just donated it. Much to my chagrin, they recently stopped accepting #1 and #2 plastic because there's supposedly no market for it. I find that really distressing, since plastic doesn't decompose and there's so much of it being tossed, including in the oceans. San Francisco is much more forward looking, since they accept #1 through #7 plastic. Everyone gets 3 garbage cans. 1 for compostables, 1 for trash and 1 for all recyclables, which they separate at their facility. Not everything needs to be marketable; some things need to be done because it's the right thing to do. As an aside: I was amazed to find that there is a company in Vienna, Austria that collects only plastic coated paper/cardboard such as milk cartons. They leave boxes at apartment buildings to put it in and collect it regularly.