Recyclable Items
Categories | Examples | Exclusions | Preparation |
Aluminum Cans | Beer and soda cans, small cat and dog food cans | No aluminum foil No baking or roasting pans | Rinse beverage cans and wash out pet can residue. Crush and place in a recycling bin |
Glass | Green, brown and clear glass bottles or jars | No other colors of glass accepted. No light bulbs, glasses, plates, window panes | Remove caps and wash out any food residue. Place in a recycling bin. |
Paper | Nearly any paper product: Newspapers, magazines, junk mail, office paper, stationery, envelopes, cereal boxes | No carbon paper, paper soiled with food or oil, non-paper materials (such as wax paper or plastic wrappings) | Place in brown paper grocery bags. Newspapers may be stacked loosely in a bin or beside it. Protect from rain. |
Plastics
| Soda bottles, food trays, milk, and water jugs and colored detergent and other rigid plastic containers marked #2-#7 on the bottom. | No bottle caps. No oil or other petroleum derivative containers | Remove caps, rinse, crush and place in a recycling bin |
Steel & Tin Cans | Any food tin or can | No container that has held fuel or hazardous material | Wash out and place in a bin. Crush if possible. |
Cardboard | Any corrugated cardboard cartons, brown or white | Cartons must be flattened (accepted at curbside if placed in small 2' by 2' bundle tied with string) | Bring to cardboard dumpster at rear 3 Drinkwater Road |