Recycle

We've all done it, bought too much paint. What should you do? Recycle it? Toss it? Here's when you should do both and how to avoid getting too much paint in the first place.

Not sure about you but I find myself getting confused on the difference between a lithium battery and the ones I put in the smoke detector, which ones can you put in the trash?

Who keeps the money that you spent on your bottle (or can) deposit if you just toss it in the trash and don't take it back to the retailer?

Could returning your recyclable cans and bottles become more "lucrative" soon?

Think that after 'all these years' you have recycling down? Here are a few things that are not supposed to be in the recycling bin? Are you guilty of putting these things in there? Hey, you'll know now:

Have broken Christmas lights? Can you do anything with them? Can you recycle them?

Have a few phones lying around that don't work anymore? You could try to get credit for them when you get your next phone or simply bring them to one of these places:

Before you toss those jeans or denim in the trash, check this out. You can give them new life!

Have your kids stopped playing with these toys, but you don't want to toss them? Mattel will help you recycle them for free.

Do those busted Christmas lights belong in the recycling bin? The NYS DEC has your answers.