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Monica Strauss of the Phoenix Public Works Department digs through a blue bin to see how much of the contents can actually be recycled, part of a city effort to keep contaminants from spoiling entire truckloads of recyclables. (Photo by Stephanie Morse/Cronkite News)

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Monica Strauss pulls on a pair of plastic gloves every morning to dig through blue recycling bins set out on curbs in parts of the city.

By Stephanie Morse, Cronkite News October 9, 2018