CARDBOARD
Cut corrugated cardboard into pieces small enough to fit inside your cart.
MIXED SCRAP PAPER
Open & remove mail from envelopes. Please, no non-paper inserts such as product samples, CDs, etc.
- Advertising flyers
- Brilliant colored paper
- Brochures
- Computer paper and carbonless forms
- Envelopes (labels & window OK)
- Greeting cards (no foil)
- Holiday gift wrap (no foil, tape, ribbons, or bows)
- Paper bags
- Paper labels from cans
- Post-it notes
- Shredded paper (please contain in any paper bag and staple shut)
- White and colored ledger paper
GREY BOARD/ PAPERBOARD
Preparation: Please flatten
- Beverage boxes (6 and 12 pack)
- Paperback books
- Phone books
- Boxes (cereal, snacks, etc. discard liners)
- Construction paper
- Gift and shoe boxes (discard tissue paper & silicon packets)
- Paper egg cartons
- Paper towel and toilet paper tubes
- NO oil or wax coated cardboard
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PLASTICS
Bottles: must have a neck that is smaller than the base. Rinse the bottle, remove and discard lids.
Milk Jugs: do not crush or flatten. Rinse out and discard the lids.
Tubs: 6 ounces or larger. Rinse the tub, remove and discard lids.
5-Gallon Buckets: with or without a handle. Remove and discard lids.
Plant Pots: 4 inches or larger. Include pots only. Do not include plastic seeding trays or plant pots that crinkle.
TIN CANS & ALUMINUM
Foil TV dinner trays, pop tops, and cans are okay. Rinse can. Recommend to remove labels. No need to remove lids or flatten cans.
NEWSPAPER
All papers received in the newspaper can be recycled. Remove the plastic bag it came in and put it in your garbage cart.
MOTOR OIL
Used motor oil and automotive lubricants. Just pour into a 1-gallon milk jug with a twist on lid. No antifreeze. No water or antifreeze-contaminated oil.
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(PLACE INTO GARBAGE CART)
- Carbon paper
- Charcoal bags
- Clam-shell plastics (ex: cookie package)
- Disposable diapers and hygiene prod.
- Fertilizer bags
- Foam packaging materials
- Foil holiday paper
- Food contaminated paper and boxes
- Frozen food boxes/juice paper cans
- Lids
- Mylar balloons
- Oil soaked paper
- Paper plates/ cups/bowls
- Pet food bags
- Photographs
- Pizza boxes with food contamination
- Plastic bags
- Plastic twist top lids
- Plastic utensils
- Plastic wrap
- Styrofoam / Packing peanuts
- Tape
- Toilet paper, napkins, tissues
- TV dinner trays
- Waxed paper or boxes coated with wax or oil
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PLACE RECYCLE GLASS/JARS INTO THE RED RECYCLE BIN
GLASS BOTTLES/JARS:
Rinse, no need to remove labels. Please no broken glass, ovenware, dishes, Pyrex, china, ceramics, light bulbs or window glass. No lids
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