More than half of the 2, 471 people surveyed who buy takeaway drinks admitted that they dispose of their paper cups in the general waste bin, the research revealed.

Many laws, including those for New Jersey and Connecticut and New York City (none of which are yet in effect) specifically ban residents from dumping electronics into the regular trash.

When finished, please throw the organic food in the organic bin and the normal trash in the trash bin, put your dishes and utensils in the buckets for washing, and wipe your table clean.