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I don't love "green" books that focus heavily on let-me-convince-you-that-the-world-is-falling-apart plots. I'm already convinced.

Rather, I prefer eco-minded books that are easy to browse and balance actionable steps paired with solid reasoning. This was the perfect example of both.

Big takeaways -
1. Size & shape matters just as much as what it's made of - the sorter needs to be able to identify the material and sift it out effectively.
2. Avoid tanglers at all costs!
3. Avoid contaminants - esp. food & grease - at all costs!
4. Stuff made from one material (like aluminum cans) is more likely to be recycled than those made of mixed materials (like frozen food boxes coated to protect them from condensation).
5. Aluminum currently subsidizes most plastic and glass recycling because the source material is more expensive than the recycled material. So if you're going to preference buying (and recycling!) one material, it should be aluminum.
6. Don't flatten bottles! It makes it hard for the sorter to identify it as a bottle.
7. Remove shrink sleeves from bottles before tossing them in the recycling bin. Or better yet, buy a "naked" bottle.
8. Avoid green plastic bottles. These are harder to recycle.
9. Paper coffee cups have coatings that make them impossible to recycle.
10. The only way to create a reliable end market for plastic is to mandate the use of post-consumer recycled content for new plastic products. In other words, we need governments to require the right thing, because the free market won't.