WM Now Accepts To-Go Cups in Curbside Recycling

Recycling Today (11/12/25) Voloschuk, Chris

Houston-based waste and recycling company WM has added paper to-go cups and plastic cups made of polypropylene (PP) and to its universal list of accepted recyclable materials. As a result, residents can now recycle to-go cups curbside in more local recycling programs throughout the country. Houston-based WM says it is encouraging municipalities and customers to embrace this initiative to help reach two new recycling designations, as both designations communicate to consumers about the recycling progress that will help more materials be recycled and used again in new products and product packaging. In particular, WM says paper beverage to-go cups are trending toward meeting the criteria for How2Recycle's "Check Locally" designation, which would mean at least 20 percent of communities accept paper cups in curbside recycling collection.

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