Even the Odds & Ends Remember

The “misc” pile is where good intentions go to hide—and where fires, toxins, and greenwash start. This guide exposes commingled totes, fake plastics “recycling,” export shrugs, battery fires, and HHW shortcuts that damage neighborhoods and witness. Then it delivers a clean, auditable plan for sorted intake, battery safety, real markets, and public ledgers.

This page offers spiritual and educational guidance. It is not a substitute for legal, environmental, or emergency services. For hazardous materials, fires, or suspected fraud, follow your site’s safety protocols and contact local authorities immediately.

1. Color-coded intake: bins for plastics, textiles, small e-waste, batteries, bulky items, HHW (never commingle).
2. Battery safety: visible battery check, tape terminals, fire-safe tins, DRY sand bucket, and “no battery” signage.
3. Plastics & textiles truth: accept only marketable grades; no film/wish-cycling; publish what’s truly recyclable.
4. E-waste chain of custody: serials-before-sales; certified downstreams; data-wipe receipts for devices.
5. Bulky & mattresses: clean reuse first; dismantle locally; document foam/metal/wood recovery.
6. HHW discipline: segregate paints/chemicals; manifests; permitted vendors only; never “downstream shrug.”
7. Public ledger: list partners, yields, and resolved disputes so receipts tell the truth and trust compounds.

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