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This article assesses the relative effects on household recycling across characteristics of individuals and their households, their counties, and the states in which they live. A representative United States sample assesses household recycling between 2005 and 2014, making possible a pooled regression with over 380,000 observations. A clear theme emerges demonstrating the importance of measurable resources and economic motives that encourage individuals, households, counties, and states to support recycling. Among individuals, there is more recycling by people with more education and age. However, there is less recycling among those divorced, separated, or widowed, and among those who are too disabled to work, or have a child under six. Counties providing the resources to support recycling see greater recycling if they have larger populations, have greater median income, or a more homogeneous dominant culture. Finally, states or provinces have more recycling if they have laws requiring counties to provide recycling to their citizens, or impose bottle deposits, but less if their government or citizens are Republican instead of Democratic, or if they have lower landfill costs