lifestyle Leaving Food Residue And 3 Other Common Mistakes You Should Avoid When Recycling If you don't recycle the right way, your items could actually end up in a landfill. Published for Nestlé, 17 Dec 2020, 09:32 AM We all know how important recycling is. But did you know that if you don't recycle the right way, you could be doing more harm than good? :O Every year, tonnes of plastic, paper, and glass end up in landfills instead of getting recycled. One of the main reasons is because of recycling contamination â when materials are sorted into the wrong recycling bin, or when mat...