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I love those jute bags, great idea. We use a paper bag with handles from Whole Foods. We usually use it until it rips and then we recycle it too.

we have manditory composting and that stays in the little green bin supplied under the sink, otherwise everythign else gets sorted into my 4 blue boxes that sit just outside. Those seem like a great idea for my condo friends who have to walk a ways to their recycling bins

I too love the jute bags, they need one for aluminum. Like VintageIndie, I use the paper bags until they are worn out. Have been looking for a new plan and this seems to be an affordable one.

I store papers ,boxes, bottles and batteries in a roll-container that fits under the bench in my kitchen until i go to the recycling center.

i live in DC and we have recycling, and lucky for us, they accept it all together - paper, glass, aluminum, whatever. so we just keep two trash cans, one for recycling and one for trash.

I keep cans and bottles on the floor by my garbage can - my kitchen is too small for additional containers of any kind.

When there are three or four, or I trip over them, I put them in a shopping bag and bring them downstairs to the garbage.

I put the paper/plastic/cans into a paper grocery bag and reuse the bag until it rips like the first commenter. Glass has to be separated and those go into a basket from the thrift store.

I keep it all in a blue recycling can that my husband stole from his college dorm! We empty it once a week, so we just throw it all in together and sort it at the recycling center.

We also have a small cardboard box under the sink for broken glass. My friend Brian was a garbage man and frequently got cuts from broken glass in garbage bags. Our recycling place doesn't accept broken glass.