When you go to recycle, what you can put in your bin depends on a few different factors, including which municipality you live in.

Different cities within the Valley have different rules. Why is that? Why is there not an across-the-board set of items you can and can’t recycle?

In this episode of Valley 101, a podcast from The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, we break down the reasons why where you live affects how and what you can recycle.

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