It’s a habit to return caps and lids to their respective bottles and jars even when the contents are gone. Perhaps there’s also a desire to avoid an odor from any residue until they get carried out to the recycling bin, even if they’ve been well rinsed.

But is this contrary to some sort of recycling guidance or wisdom? Do the lids interfere with some recycling process? Is it a bad thing to keep the containers afloat somewhere? In particular is it a problem if a metal or plastic lid stays threaded on a glass jar or bottle?

Topics: environment, recycling, plastic, glass, disposal, metal, Jars, bottles