Recycling
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What Can Be Recycled

Single Sort Recycling

All Types of Recyclable Materials Go Into The Same Box...No Need To Separate!

**Please note that in an effort to continually improve our recycling program, more materials are being accepted.

Recycling Paper
Recycling Paperboard and Cardboard
**Recycling Plastic
Recycling Glass
Recycling Cans and Aluminum
Common Mistakes

Recycling Paper

What Can Be Recycled—We can recycle most paper. Specifically, mixed papers & old mail, newspapers, magazines, phone books, catalogs, all books, & paper bags. Hard bound books should have the covers torn off.

How to Prepare Materials—Keep clean and dry. Remove any product samples and plastic cards from mail. Deposit loose or in brown paper bags. Books should have all covers removed.

What to Exclude—NO carbon paper, NO photographs, NO paper contaminated with food, and NO tissue paper or paper towels.

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Recycling Paperboard and Cardboard

What Can Be Recycled—Specifically, clean food boxes with all metal and plastic removed. Acceptable materials include cereal, rice, & cake mix boxes, salt boxes, plastic wrap boxes (not the plastic wrap itself) medicine, toiletry, aspirin, band-aid & shirt boxes. Toilet paper & paper towel tubes, writing pad backs, poster board, paperboard egg cartons and clean corrugated cardboard boxes, gable top milk & juice cartons, & aseptic containers.

How to Prepare Materials—Discard paper, foil and plastic liners. Discard metal spouts and cutting strips as on salt and plastic wrap boxes. Use caution to prevent injury. Keep all materials clean and dry. Fold flat and deposit loose or in brown paper bags.

What to Exclude—NO waxed paper or waxed cardboard boxes such as vegetables and meats are shipped in, NO foil liners, NO plastic liners.

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**Recycling Plastic

What Can Be Recycled—Specifically, crushed milk jugs, cider jugs, water jugs and similar #2 natural containers. Crushed vinegar bottles, detergent bottles, bleach bottles, and similar #2 colored containers. Crushed vegetable oil, soda, and similar #1 clear or colored plastic containers. All #1 - #7 plastic containers are now acceptable. This includes, #1 or #2 butter tubs, yogurt containers, microwave dishes, and peanut butter containers. All #3-#7 containers. This includes #3 - #7 tubs, lids and containers. Plastic shopping sacks marked with a recycling symbol can be recycled.

How to Prepare Materials—Make clean enough for storage in your home. You do not have to rinse containers. Crush flat and leaving labels on is okay.

What to Exclude—NO containers with something in them, especially those containing flammable liquids such as paint thinner or gasoline. NO plastic that is not marked with the recycling triangle and a corresponding plastic identifying number of #1 - #7. NO jewel cases or Ziploc type bags, NO cling wrap or shrink wrap. NO trash bags or dry cleaning bags.

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Recycling Glass

What Can Be Recycled—Clear and colored glass bottles and jars

How to Prepare Materials—Make clean enough for storage in your home. You do not have to rinse containers. You do not need to crush the glass and leaving labels on is okay.

What to Exclude—NO auto glass, such as windshields, NO safety glass with a plastic or metal inner membrane, NO ceramic or mirror glass.

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Recycling Cans and Aluminum

What Can Be Recycled—Metal food and beverage cans, aluminum foil, aluminum trays and pans, and empty aerosol cans.

How to Prepare Materials—Make clean enough for storage in your home. You do not have to rinse containers. Crush flat and leaving labels on is okay.

What to Exclude—NO propane tanks or bottles.

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Common Mistakes

Unfortunately, not everything is recyclable. Listed below are some common mistakes well-meaning recyclers tend to deposit into the recycling bins. These items are NOT recyclable and should be disposed of properly.

  • Wax covered boxes— such as perforated waxed vegetable boxes, chicken boxes or Wax covered bags, paper, or cups
  • Envelopes with bubble wrap on the interior
  • Expanded polystyrene— such as Styrofoam or peanuts
  • Vinyl siding
  • Foil lined boxes— such as dishwashing detergent boxes
  • Used hypodermic needles (hazardous medical waste)
  • Shrink wrapping or cling wrap & sandwich bags
  • Broken plastic toys
  • CD's
  • Tarps
  • Mirrors
  • Porcelain— such as toilets or sinks
  • Plastic forks, spoons, or knives
  • Foam lunch trays
  • Disposable coffee cup tops
  • Potato chip or food bags
  • Garden hose
  • Baby pools or pool linings
  • Six pack rings
  • Napkins & tissues
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