We all want to recycle as best we can -- but we could do better in some areas than others. One of those is coated paper cups and cartons, which don't get recycled like they should; the Emmet County Recycling Center is hoping to change that.
Excerpt: Residents of Emmet, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties have been able to recycle coated paper cups and cartons -- such as milk cartons and juice boxes -- for more than a year.
But at the Emmet County Recycling Center, where the recyclables are sorted in preparation for their use by factories in the region, staff say they aren't seeing many cartons in the bins.
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Source: Petoskey News
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