Contaminated Recycling

This contaminated load of recycling was collected Aug. 20, 2024, along Clearwater's residential routes. It and other batches like it were rejected by our recycling processor.

This is a contaminated load of Clearwater's recycling

Contaminated Recycling

Our recycling processor rejected 32.3 tons of the recycling we collected from residents, or four percent of our total collections, in August 2024.

This is a contaminated load of Clearwater's recycling

Contaminated Recycling

If it's not clean, dry, or loose in your blue recycling bin, then it belongs in the trash.

This is a contaminated load of Clearwater's recycling