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HOW & WHAT TO RECYCLE

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

How to Recycle:

  • Labels do NOT need to be removed from bottles or containers.
  • Remove and dispose of lids from metal, plastic bottles, jars & cans.
  • Food containers should be clean (rinsed) for your sanitation.
  • Keep newspaper dry and separate it from other types of paper.
  • You may separately bag or box mixed paper and cardboard.
  • Flatten boxes and corrugated cardboard to less than 2 feet
  • Pizza boxes, glass, light bulbs, drinking glasses, dishes & mirrors are NOT recyclable.

What to Recycle:

Paper:

  • newspapers (with ads & inserts)
  • mixed paper: (keep these separate from newspaper) unwanted mail & envelopes, magazines, catalogs & phone books, paperboard boxes (like cereal boxes), shoe boxes & other similar paper, corrugated cardboard, flattened to less than 2ft square.

Glass: NOT accepted

Metal: (aluminum & tin / steel)

  • metal soft drink cans
  • beverage cans
  • food containers
  • aerosol spray cans
  • aluminum foil and trays

Plastic: (bottles / containers)

  • soap, shampoo or soft drink bottles
  • detergent containers
  • food containers marked with a #1 or #2 recycling symbol:

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