<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div>I emailed RIRRC about the issue of caps for jars and bottles, since there were so many opinions as to how it should be done. Here's the response I just got:<div><br></div><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Thank you for writing! Here you go:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Plastic caps: Leave on the bottle, jug, or container; Replace the caps on the item with just enough twist to keep them secure.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Metal lids: Remove from jar, place lids and jars in the bins.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I don’t think there’s any instructions to never place the caps in the bins. Residents may be remembering the old rule.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I hope this helps!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: windowtext; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Sarah</span></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>No I just have to remember plastic on, metal off.</div><div><br></div><div>Sumti</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 2, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Bob Trudeau wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Simplest solution is to read Sarah Kite's article in today's (Saturday) Projo for the authoritative information you want.</div><div><br></div><div>BT</div><br><div><div>On Jun 2, 2012, at 8:58 PM, Michaela O'Donnell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Even without bottle necks? I was told by some resource recovery people
last summer that plastics and glass had to have a neck to be recycled
until 2013 when new equipment would be available.<br>
Does anyone know differently?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Greg Gerritt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gerritt@mindspring.com" target="_blank">gerritt@mindspring.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word"><div>NOW</div><div><br></div><span><div style="border-right:medium none;padding-right:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-top:3pt;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;border-bottom:medium none;font-family:Calibri;border-top:#b5c4df 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;border-left:medium none">
<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Paul Wilde <<a href="mailto:zenyente@gmail.com" target="_blank">zenyente@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:44:26 -0400<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Summit Neighborhood <<a href="mailto:summit@sna.providence.ri.us" target="_blank">summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [Summit] Blue Bin Recycling<br>
</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div>Hey everyone,<div><br></div><div>Does anyone remember the date when we can start putting all # plastics into the blue bin? I vaguely remember it being in June.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Thanks,</div><div>Paul</div></div></div><div class="im">
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