Follow These Simple Steps
KNOW WHAT TO THROW
Only place recyclable materials in your bin. Paper, cardboard, aluminum and metal cans, plastic bottles, tubs and jugs.
EMPTY. CLEAN AND DRY.
Ensure all recyclables are empty, clean and dry. Items should be free of food or liquid.
DON’T BAG RECYCLABLES
Items should be placed loose in the recycling bin. Plastic bags jam up machines and require a different recycling process than other plastics.
RECYCLING TIPS
PLASTIC BOTTLES, TUBS & JUGS – #1 and #2
Clean plastic containers such as soda bottles, milk containers, detergent containers or shampoo bottles. Please remove and throw away lids, pumps and sprayers. Caps are acceptable.
NOT ACCEPTABLE – #3, #4, #5, #6 and #7
No plastic bags. No disposable food containers, styrofoam, beverage cups, fast food, yogurt, or cottage cheese containers, ice cream pails or margarine tubs. No vegetable oil containers, motor oil or antifreeze jugs. No shower curtains, lawn chairs, swimming pools or storage totes. No siding or plastic piping.
ALUMINUM CANS
Clean aluminum beverage cans.
NOT ACCEPTABLE
No dirty cans, aerosol cans, paint cans, aluminum foil, pie or food pans or scrap metal.
STEEL AND TIN CANS
Clean steel and tin cans.
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Dirty cans, paint cans, aerosol cans, aluminum foil, pie pans and scrap metal.
CARDBOARD
Corrugated cardboard boxes, brown kraft bags, cereal and food boxes, shoe boxes, chipboard and paperboard.
It is helpful to slit the seams and flatten boxes.
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Waxed boxes or boxes that come from the refrigerator.
SORTED OFFICE PAPER
White or pastel-colored bond paper, white typing paper or writing paper, index cards, envelopes, premium bond computer printout paper, legal pad paper, adding machine paper, slick glossy pamphlets, brochures and sorted junk mail.
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Dark tone colors, carbon paper, construction paper, colored tissue paper, gift wrap, or food wrappers.
NEWSPAPERS
Newspapers along with inserts, shoppers and publications printed on newspaper stock. This includes anything delivered in your daily paper.
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Catalogs, junk mail and construction paper.
MAGAZINES
Magazines and small catalogs with glossy pages.
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Phone books or books.
CLEAR AND BROWN GLASS
Drop off at city drop sites.
Clean, clear or brown glass bottles, jars or bottles.
Please remove and throw away all caps, rings and lids. It is not necessary to remove labels.
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Dirty glass. No other colors other than clear or brown glass. No mirrors, or ceramics.
CURBSIDE RECYCLING
Plastics
Bottles, tubs and jugs. Beverage bottles, milk jugs, cleaning products and shampoo bottles, margarine and yogurt containers, tubs and jugs up to 5 gallons. May include caps and lids.
NOT ACCEPTABLE
No pumps or sprayers. No plastic toys, cups, plates, food utensils or CD cases.
CURBSIDE RECYCLING
Food and Beverage Cartons
Clean and empty paperboard. This includes milk, broth, soup, wine, cream and juice cartons. Plastic caps should be screwed back on.