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 * January Service Day**

In January we traveled to downtown Milwaukee to learn visit Keeping Greater Milwaukee Beautiful and Milwaukee's Materials Recycling Facility. On this page you will see some photos from our visit.


 * [[image:DSC00792.jpg width="426" height="319"]] || Inside of Keeping Greater Milwaukee Beautiful they had several different exhibits like this. I learned that currently only plastics with a "1" or a "2" are recyclable. The caps are typically not able to be recycled, but this is changing. The caps should be thrown away prior to placing bottles in a recycling bin. ||
 * This is a photo with our meeting with the teacher from Keeping Greater Milwaukee Beautiful. || [[image:KGMB1.jpb.jpg width="439" height="329"]] ||
 * [[image:Paper_Processor.jpg width="422" height="316"]] || This is the paper processing machine inside of the Materials Recycling Facility. Paper goes up the conveyor belt and gets pressed into these huge cubes that get sent out for companies to use for their paper needs. ||
 * This is another exhibit inside of [|Keeping Greater Milwaukee Beautiful]. This is a rain barrel, which can be hooked up to a home's gutter to store rain water for using to water flowers, plants, etc. || [[image:Rain_Barrel.jpg width="424" height="318"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:Trash_in_the_river.jpg width="411" height="308"]] || Garbage in the Milwaukee River. Garbage tends to collect in this bend in the river which is located right next to the MRF. ||


 * Things I learned from our visit:**


 * Glass bottles take a very long time to break down on their own. However, if they are recycled properly, they can be crushed and reused.
 * As far as plastics goes, the MRF is only able to recycle items labeled with a "1" or a "2."
 * Plastic, glass and cans can be "co-mingled" in a home recycling container.
 * Caps from plastic bottles typically can't be recycled and should be removed prior to placing bottles in a collection bin. Some caps, however, are now able to be recycled (I haven't seen one yet though!!)