| Item | Bin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Plastic bottles (#1 PET) | Recycling | Rinse, remove cap |
| Cardboard | Recycling | Flatten, keep dry |
| Glass bottles | Recycling | Rinse, no lids |
| Aluminum cans | Recycling | Rinse, crush |
| Food waste | Compost | No meat/dairy in home compost |
| Styrofoam | Trash | Not recyclable most areas |
| Plastic bags | Store drop-off | Not curbside |
| Batteries | Special collection | Never regular trash |
| Electronics | E-waste center | Free drop-off at stores |
| Paper | Recycling | No food-soiled |
| Pizza boxes | Compost/Trash | Greasy parts not recyclable |
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About Recycling
Recycling was built for the moment you just need to handle this task and move on — no signup, no upload to a third-party server. Built to be the kind of tool you bookmark and use weekly: no surprises between visits, no degraded free tier, and a UI that gets out of the way. Like everything else in the utility collection, it is free, ad-light, and works on mobile as well as desktop.
When you'd reach for Recycling
You need to handle a one-off task right before a meeting and don't have time to install anything.
Anyone working remotely on a borrowed or restricted machine.
Open the page, get the result, paste it into your doc — under a minute.
You're hitting the daily limit of a paid SaaS and need a backup option for a single quick job.
Marketers and ops people whose primary tool is metered.
Stay productive without burning credits.
You're cleaning up a folder of files that accumulated over a project and need to standardize them.
Designers, writers, and developers wrapping up deliverables.
Drop each file in, copy the output, move on.
You're on a public or shared machine and don't want to leave traces of what you're working on.
Travelers, contractors, anyone working from a friend's computer.
Nothing is uploaded, nothing persists if you're not signed in.
Frequently asked about Recycling
- Will Recycling change my original file?
- Never. Recycling only reads your input file and produces a new output file.
- Do I need to create an account to use Recycling?
- No. Recycling works without any signup. We only ask for an email if you decide to subscribe to a paid plan.
- Is Recycling really free?
- Yes — Recycling is free for unlimited personal use, with no account required and no watermark on the output.
- Does Recycling work on mobile?
- Yes, Recycling is fully responsive and tested on iOS Safari and Android Chrome.
- What browsers does Recycling support?
- Every modern browser released in the last three years: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Brave, Opera.
