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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Recycling
Brainteasers<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h2><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Staples,
packing tape, pizza boxes, and books.<o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=author1><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>By Nina Shen Rastogi</span></font></span><font size=2
color="#cc0000"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#CC0000'><br>
<span class=dateline1><font color="#cc0000">Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at
9:37 AM ET </font></span></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Lantern has addressed some <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2241073/"
target="_blank">recycling stumpers</a> in the past, but the questions keep coming.
Here are answers to five more that arrived in the mailbox in recent weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></b></strong><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Do I have to remove the staples when I recycle my
magazines? What about envelopes and pasta boxes that have plastic windows in
them?</font></b></strong><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><strong><b><font
size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#0F243E'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font></b></strong><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">When I get something in the mail wrapped with packing
tape, can I recycle the paper and the box, or will the tape mess things up<font
color="#0f243e"><span style='color:#0F243E'>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></b></strong></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Can I recycle paper with Wite-Out on it? </font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">How bad is it, really, to throw the occasional greasy
pizza box in with your recycling? </font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">What should I do with old books—can they be
recycled? </font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color="#0f243e" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nina Shen Rastogi is
a writer and editor in Brooklyn, N.Y.</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F243E'>For the answers to these five questions,
go to URL</span></font>: <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2248043/"
target="_blank">http://www.slate.com/id/2248043/</a></b></strong><font
color="#0f243e"><span style='color:#0F243E'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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