Do water bottles need to be emptied before you recycle them?

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I%26#039;d say yes. Use the remnants to water your plants, fill a bird bath, dump in the washing machine. In other words, recycle the water before you recycle the bottle!

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Other Answers (7)

• Instead of recycling, reuse. A tablespoon of bleach in your water washes and disinfects them, keeping algae from growing. We use ours over and over! Thing green!
• Most recyclers require the caps be removed before accepting the bottles. I guess that means they are empty or you are all wet.
• No - glass or plastic bottles get crushed or shredded before they are washed for recycling.
• If they have water in them, it costs more to move them (weight lowers gas mileage)
• yes www.gogreen.org
• yes it would be better to remove the water :]
• I would say so.