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Can you tell what can and cannot be recycled? ST tests 2 readers as they sort through a week's worth of trash

The Straits Times challenged two mums, Mrs Sharon Loh and Madam Skye Yeo, to sort a week's worth of trash into recyclables and non-recyclables.

Mrs Sharon Loh started recycling only two years ago. She was praised for her efforts in correctly sorting most of her trash (left), and especially for making the effort to wash and clean plastic bottles before separating them for recycling. Madam Sky — The test involved business psychologist Skye Yeo (left) and housewife Sharon Loh, both mothers of two, collecting their families' trash for a week and bringing it to the pristine confines of the newsroom. ST PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN

Timothy Goh

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Sep 23, 2019, 05:00 AM

Trash talk tends to be a no-no in The Straits Times newsroom, but an exception was made last week when two readers came in carting bags of household rubbish.

Housewife Sharon Loh and business psychologist Skye Yeo had volunteered to take part in an exercise to test just how well versed people here are in recycling.

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