Do I need to remove the caps from my soda bottles and milk jugs?
Yes, you do need to remove the caps from soda and water bottles and milk jugs. The lids to plastic bottles are made of different grades of plastic than the bottle itself. Mixing lids in with plastic bottles will diminish the value of bottle-grade plastic collected in that fashion. Read more about recycling plastic caps online.

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1. Is curbside recycling available to me?
2. Why can't we recycle glass in our curbside program?
3. Why can we not recycle glass in Yakima County?
4. How do I recycle my CFL’s and fluorescent tubes?
5. Where do I recycle an old TV?
6. Where do I recycle an old computer?
7. Can I recycle shredded paper?
8. Do the labels need to come off when I recycle my bottles and steel/tin cans?
9. Do I need to remove the caps from my soda bottles and milk jugs?
10. Does Yakima County sell compost?
11. I was charged an Unsecured Load Fee at my last trip to the landfill, what is this?