He added the exceptions were in place to stop recyclable material becoming contaminated by non-recyclables.

BBC: Public Services changes plastic recycling in Guernsey

Most of the city's 50, 000 households are already on collections of household waste and recyclables on alternate weeks.

BBC: Exeter expanding fortnightly bin collections

Plants across the country have begun to turn away recycling trucks, and some facilities are charging to take recyclables.

CNN: Recession squeezes recycling programs

This is partly because reduced demand from local markets and China, the largest market for exported recyclables from the United States.

CNN: Recession squeezes recycling programs

Houston won with its proposal to allow residents to mix trash, recyclables and lawn waste in a single bin ready for automatic sorting.

WSJ: RI city wins $5M Bloomberg prize with word gap fix

The tough times contributed to the demise of Atlanta's recycling facility, Dream Sanitation, forcing city officials to scramble to find another place to sell recyclables.

CNN: Recession squeezes recycling programs

The waste strategy, which includes kerbside collections of recyclables and export waste off the island, is due to be rolled out over the next few years.

BBC: Guernsey's waste disposal costs 'to double'

The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, which manages garbage and recyclables for 75 of the state's 169 cities and towns, has been hit hard by depressed wholesale energy prices.

WSJ: Connecticut Considers Trash Power Pact

Even if we revert to say alternate weekly collections of black bag waste and collect the recyclables on the intervening week, those recyclables have still got to be sorted, packaged, transported.

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Should I keep the discarded beer cans with the rest of the garbage I found, to be removed by the company we hire to take away our recyclables and the rest of our household trash?

WSJ: Recycled Emotions