O.K. I don’t have over one hundred myths about paper. But, you may be surprised by this one.

I had a whole bunch of old utility and credit card bill stubs I had been saving. The reason, I was worried about recycling them with personal information on it and I was being a pack rat and keeping stuff unnecessarily. So, I bought a paper shredder for just such a thing.

Before I made the investment in protecting my privacy I did some research. I found that, on the first of each month, a town near me not only accepts shredded paper documents (the traditional strips all the way to the confetti kind) they also recycle it!

So, I felt a bit of relief knowing that my shredded paper could still go to future iterations of paper products rather than a blob taking up landfill space.

Why you will make a difference: Expanding your thinking with what you can recycle is huge and can save a lot of trees from being destroyed.
Even envelopes with the little plastic windows can still be placed in the recycle bin. Yes, paper with staples too (if you forget to remove them). Foreign material like plastic and metal gets removed when the paper is converted back into pulp, goes through a de-inking process, and is then screened for unwanted stuff.