A growing number of US cities are recycling now using a controversial system called “single stream” that boosts recycling rates and lowers costs. But critics say it also degrades some of the material being recycled.

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Salem doesn’t have any kind of curbside recycling program. It has a facility that one can drive to and drop items into different bins. I seldom see anyone else using these when I drop my recyclables off. I’d think more people would participate if curbside pickup was available.