Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When the cans are recycled, the heat applied to the metal burns away the paper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recycling rules differ from city to city, so it's understandable that so many people get confused about recycling best practices.

I would like to ask other residents and the local schools about recycling tin cans, cardboard and plastics. Tin cans can be reused in welding shop classes. Cardboard can rot under compost piles in our ...