So now what??

[Slabobbin]

So I did an Internet search (and a yellow pages search) for all the recycling plants in my area. There are none in my town (I knew this). I live in a very small, poor, rural Applachian Tennessee valley. We don't have much of anything in this town. :

But the next town over (about thirty minutes away) had three listed. I called them all. One is no longer open, the other takes paper of any kind and the third takes copper, brass, stainless steel, etc.

I was planning on getting a shredder to shred any paper products to use as ebay packing material, so I don't really need a paper recycling place. I don't have any copper or brass, lol and we don't drink soda so we don't have aluminum cans.

I mostly need one for plastics and bottles - which are the very two that are not available.

[velochic]

That's a really good question. Do you have the means to stockpile your recyclables and take them even further for recycling (every 3 months or so). You could compost a lot of what can be recycled. Do you have a compost pile?