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Recycling plastic sometimes seems like a minefield. It should be easy, right? Plastic shampoo and soda bottles go in the blue bins, wispy plastic grocery bags don't — but what about take-out ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked an expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes. David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade ...