Rossen Reports: Are you a ‘wish-cycler?’ Stop it

We’ve all done it. You have a piece of plastic or a container in your hand and you think, “Can this be recycled? Probably. I hope so!” Then you toss it into your at-home recycling bin. There’s actually a name for that! It’s called wish-cycling. And here’s the bad news; it’s not only costing recycling facilities hundreds of thousands of dollars — it’s also setting back your recycling efforts for the environment.