Every item. Every ZIP.One trusted answer.

When sources disagree, we say so.

Every verdict is sourced and dated. When two cities publish different rules for the same item, ClearPath picks based on your ZIP and shows you the reasoning. If we got it wrong, you can flag it.

What makes ClearPath different.

There are real disposal-guidance sites already out there. Each of them is good at something, and each has a structural gap. Here is how ClearPath approaches the same problem, and what that means for the person standing at the bin.

• Layered authority

  Every verdict shows which authority produced which step: Federal, State, County, and City. You can see exactly who said what.

  vs. others: Most disposal sites pick one source (usually the national EPA) and apply it everywhere. ClearPath walks the full hierarchy and shows it.

• Honest about conflicts

  When two cities publish different rules for the same item, ClearPath shows both sources and tells you which one applies in your ZIP.

  vs. others: Other sites average disagreements silently, or hide them. We name the conflict and explain the call.

• A citation on every answer

  Every verdict links back to the source rule on the publishing agency's site (EPA, MPCA, Hennepin County, PaintCare, and so on).

  vs. others: Earth911 cites its own internal database. County .gov pages cite themselves. We cite the publisher of record so you can verify.

• ZIP-resolved locality

  Type a ZIP, see the rule for that ZIP: city, county, state. Not a national average dressed up with a regional disclaimer.

  vs. others: Many disposal sites serve the same rule to a Minneapolis resident and an Atlanta resident. We treat them differently.

• Freshness, gated

  A daily worker checks every cited source. After 180 days without re-verification, the rule is flagged stale. Every verdict shows its last-verified date.

  vs. others: Static disposal blogs go stale silently, which is the worst kind of wrong. We fail loud, not silent.

• Public, free, no app required

  /check works in any browser without a login. No app install, no email capture, no demo gate just to get a disposal answer.

  vs. others: RecycleCoach lives inside white-labeled city apps you may not want to install. We are web-first by design.

To be clear: we are not trying to replace county pages or retailer take-back programs. We cite them. We just route you to the right one faster than you could find it on your own.

Why I built ClearPath.

Real questions residents actually ask.

Each question below is one a Hennepin or Richfield resident has actually typed into Google in the last 90 days. The right column names what we built to answer it.

What you get as a resident.

Most residents finish their first scan within 30 seconds.

• Skip the bin guess

  Type or photograph an item. Get the local rule for your ZIP, not a national average.

• One tap to request a bulky pickup

  Programs in your county show the real windows, fees, and registration deadlines. No phone tree to navigate.

• Programs near you, dated and sourced

  28 manufacturer take-back programs (PaintCare, Call2Recycle, Best Buy, Habitat ReStore) plus your county bulky pickup, all surfaced where they actually apply. Save the ones you use and we will remind you.

Three things you can do right now.

Each link goes straight into the working app. No demo gate, no email capture.

Real people maintain this. Here is the evidence.

The numbers below come from the platform itself. So do the source jurisdictions, the recent shipping log, and the accessibility checks. You can verify any of it yourself.