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Are Post-Its recyclable?

I had a friend who worked in the recycling center when I was in college and I still remember him telling me that the sticky strip on a Post-It wasn't recyclable. This was back in the 90's so I'm not sure if it's still true. Should I be tearing the sticky strip off of Post-Its before putting them in the recycle bin?

e.strange asked in Recycle/Re-Use about 1 year ago | Report
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    I think it's fine to include Post-Its stuck on paper in with your mixed paper recycling. The paper recycling process (pulping of the paper, etc.) should remove most of the "stickies" and other contaminants. Just don't put huge quantities of sticky tape in with the paper recycling, if possible.

    Tom Watson answered in Recycle/Re-Use about 1 year ago | Report
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    I wouldn't worry about it. It's such a slight, weak glue that it's not worth getting uptight about.

    You know how it came about, don't you? A 3M researcher was working on making abatch of glue to seal the ends of his home-made note pad, but the glue came out too weak... and it seeped inbetween the sheets, coating them with a weak, sticky glue area.

    Still, he used them, and stuck them up on his computer screen...and wall, and cubicle... and then others asked for some too...

    and the rest is history...

    "Cagey" answered in Recycle/Re-Use about 1 year ago | Report
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    No problem - recycle!

    Marcia Rutan answered in Recycle/Re-Use about 1 year ago | Report
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