I walked to my local convenience store the other day because I had a “sweet tooth”. This time, it was chocolate.

When I approached the checkout counter I noticed that a person (or people) had recently checked their lottery numbers and had discarded the tickets in the trash. There were at least 40 ticket stubs in the trash!

Is this a recycling opportunity? Yes. I have confirmed this a few times in the past for my own benefit and for other folks too. Thought you would like to know.

Lottery tickets printed on paper can be recycled (the ones printed on thermal paper or laminated film cannot).

I normally wouldn’t recommend digging through trash bins. I reached in and grabbed the ones resting on top of a piece of “clean” trash, walked them home, and placed them in my recycling bin.

This message more, or less, gets at the process of opening our minds to recycling opportunities – from sugar sachets/packets, to lottery tickets and everywhere in between.