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Plastic straws
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In Calgary, put this in the
Black cart — Garbage
Plastic straws go in the black cart.
Also searched as: straws, drinking straw.
Why the black cart?
Straws are the classic too-small-to-sort item: they slip through every screen at the recycling facility and end up where they don’t belong. Small, lightweight single-use plastics like these are black-cart items across the board.
Get it right
- Paper straws go in the green cart once used (they’re food-soiled paper).
- Bundling straws inside a bigger container doesn’t help — mixed items get rejected at sorting.
Related items
🗑️ Chip bags and candy wrappers🗑️ Black plastic containers♻️ Plastic jugs♻️ Plastic bags and overwrap🗑️ Styrofoam🗑️ Plastic cutlery
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