Recycling plastic sometimes seems like a minefield. It should be easy, right? Plastic shampoo and soda bottles go in the blue bins, wispy plastic grocery bags don't — but what about take-out ...

Those crinkly plastic cartons are so much more than just a single-use receptacle for storing your favorite fruit.

A reader asked: What is allowed in our recycle containers? Is there a list of what one cannot put in their recycle container? Newspapers, mixed papers, cardboard, frozen-food boxes, paper bags, glass ...