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Letters to the Editor Saturday, Dec. 12 | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Be more responsible about your recycling Households, refuse collectors, and recycling centers are the backbone of recycling. Are they saving the planet? Not by themselves, but they are worthwhile. On my daily dog walk, I habitually check my neighbor’s recyclables put out for collection, and some disappoint. Only clean items should be there. Ever seen greasy pizza boxes, old wood or filthy glasses? These dirty items disrupt the recycling stream, causing those neighbors to find coal in their stockings at Christmas. Curbside collectors passively collect what we put out and send it on to Capital Region recycling centers. They’re not the ones deciding between fruit or coal in the stocking game. ....