10 Things You’d Think You Could Recycle in Illinois, But Can’t

If I'm being truthful with myself, I'm probably not putting out enough effort to properly recycle items. However, in my defense, there are a number of items that you'd think a person in Illinois could recycle, but can't. The list includes some curious things.

I'm certainly no manufacturing expert, but I don't understand why some of these items are on Illinois' don't recycle list. Perhaps they'll make more sense to you.

Plastic straws and shower curtains? Should I haul those to the professionals for safe disposal? If you see me driving across town with a pickup truck that has shower curtains and plastic straws in the back, now you'll know why.