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People put coffee cup lids and black plastic in blue boxes, but the city can't recycle them | CBC News
Great Forest Inc. on Twitter: "Did you know.... disposable #coffeecups cannot be recycled in most cases because they are coasted in #plastic. But their individual pieces might be. Here's how to recycle
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EWSWA on Twitter: "Paper coffee cups can be recycled in the red box with paper. Please remove the plastic lid before you place the paper cup in the red box. Plastic coffee
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