How to prepare materials for recycling?
materials must be separated by category and you must set out at least one green bin from the area recyclers program for curbside pickup!
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| Category |
What can be recycled |
Recycling preparation |
What can't be recycled |
Glass |
• Most kinds of glass, including mirrors, drinking glasses/bottles, ceramic, crockery, crystal, pyrex |
• Rinse
• Labels can stay on
• Remove lids
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• No fluorescent bulbs
• No light bulbs
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Newspaper |
• Newspaper and brown paper bags
• Including inserts
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• Bundle or place in brown paper bag or container
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• No waxed or plastic-coated paper
• No paper foil (cigarette packs, gum wrappers, etc.)
• No cellophane (crisp, thin, transparent papers)
• No tissue or gift wrap
• No paper cups, plates, egg cartons or napkins
• No construction paper
• No pizza boxes
• No lightweight cardboard, cereal boxes, cracker boxes, etc.
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Cardboard |
• Corrugated cardboard packaging
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• Flatten and tie in bundles
• Remove styrofoam and other packing materials
• Tape and staples are OK
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Mixed paper |
• Unwanted mail
• Telephone books
• Magazines
• Office and school paper
• Catalogs
• Paperback books
• Colored paper, folders and window envelopes
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• Place in paper bags
• Tape, staples and envelopes with metal clasps are OK
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Metal |
• All cans (including ends, lids and rings)
• Aluminum foil
• TV dinner trays
• Pie tins |
• Rinse clean
• Labels can stay on |
• No aerosol spray cans
• No batteries
• No paint cans
• No scrap metal
• No aluminum siding |
Plastics |
• Containers with #1 or #2 on the bottom:
Food & beverages
Detergent
Health and beauty items
EXCEPTION: No pesticide, herbicide, oil or antifreeze containers, even if they are #1 or #2 |
• Rinse out
• Remove metal rings and lids
• Labels can stay on |
• No pesticide containers
• No herbicide containers
• No antifreeze containers
• No oil containers
• No plastic wrap
• No plastic bags
• No plastics with nos. 3 – 7
• No plastic toys |
