| Material |
What
to Recycle |
How
to Recycle |
Do
Not Include |
 |
Clean, dry
newspapers just as you buy them (including inserts) |
- Deposit loose papers (not bundled) into
the correct container
|
|
 |
Clean, dry
corrugated containers and brown paper bags only |
- Flatten containers
- Remove tape
- Staples should be removed, if possible
|
- Waxy coated boxes, cereal, pizza, milk
or egg cartons
- Light or foreign cardboard
|
 |
White of colored
paper, including computer paper, stationery, copy paper, white
envelopes, register tapes, legal paper, etc. |
- Collect in clear plastic bags of other
convenients container
- Keep dry and clean
- Give to attendant
|
- Envelopes with cellophane windows
- Carbon paper
- Colored construction paper
|
 |
Light or foreign
cardboard such as cereal boxes, shoe boxes, egg cartons, posterboard,
construction paper and junk mail |
- Collect in convenient container
- Remove inner bags from cereal boxes
- Give to attendant
|
- Wax or coated items such as milk cartons
- Pizza boxes
|
 |
Glossy paper
magazines, catalogs, sale flyers, etc. |
- Remove brown wrappers and plastic bags
- Deposit in correct container
|
- Anything other than glosssy paper
|
 |
Glass bottles
and jars |
- Separate into clear, green and brown
- Rinse clean
- Remove all metal and plastic lids and
rings
- Labels may be left on
|
- Lightbulbs, dishes, ceramics, window
glass and mirrors, or Pyrex
- Drinking glasses
- Coffee cups/mugs
|
 |
Look for this symbol on the bottom of all containers |
- Rinse clean
- Discard caps and rings
- Separate milk containers from colored #2
plastics
- Flatten containers
|
- Motor oil containers
- Anything other than colored #2 plastics
- Margarine or butter tubs
|
 |
Milk jugs, dish
detergent bottles, etc. with the #2 symbol |
- Rinse clean
- Discard caps and rings
- Flatten containers
|
- Anything other than natural #2 plastics
- #2 plastic bags
|
 |
Clean steel cans
or “tin cans” |
- Rinse clean
- Remove labels and place them with
mixes paper
- Remove top and bottom, then crush flat
|
- Dirty cans
- Paint cans
- Aerosol cans
|
 |
Clean aluminum
cans, foil pans, aluminum foil, and lawn furniture |
- Rinse clean
- Flatten
- Separate any non-aluminum parts
|
|
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Leaves, grass
clippings, garden waste, clean soil |
- Drop off these materials in designated
area
|
- Branches
- Plastic bags
- Rocks
- Non-organic material
- Meat scraps
|
*there is a disposal
fee for tires and applicance that contain freon