People really need to stop contaminating recycling bins. In another words, it is not uncommon for people to throw any piece of non-recyclable garbage into a recycling bin, which several of those garbage pieces are too gross to touch. I sometimes spend my spare time decontaminating the recycling bins by putting my hand into the recycle bin in my dorm building to remove garbage and place them in the garbage can (and wash my hands after). If the recycling bins stay contaminated, then the contaminated recyclables end up going to the garbage.

One way of stopping contamination is for people to pay a bottle deposit for each bottle and get a refund for recycling. I mean, 11 US states already have them but I feel that all 50 states should. This way, people would pay extra money for buying bottled and canned drinks, save up the used bottles and cans, and get paid back to recycle. This practice should be included on college campuses and high schools.