Materials

Acceptable Items

How to Prepare

Unacceptable Items

Corrugated Cardboard

Corrugated Boxes Brown Paper Bags

Remove & discard tape

Flatten & break down boxes

Pizza Boxes

Wax-coated boxes

Plastic lined boxes

Newspapers

Magazines

Catalogs

Newspaper print

Magazines

Glossy flyers & brochures

Separate newspaper from magazines & glossy material

Glossy newspaper inserts go with magazines

Materials bound with string or twine

Color office paper

Glass Jars

Glass Bottles

Clear, jars & bottles

Food & beverage containers

NO COLORED GLASS

Rinse clean

Labels may stay

Remove metal lid or ring & include with other recyclables

Window or plate glass

Broken glass, light bulbs

Blue,Brown or green glass or Pyrex

Drinking glasses

Ceramics, dishes, etc.

#2 HDPE

Plastics

Bottles and

Jugs only

Plastic milk jugs

Colored detergent or shampoo bottles

Must have seam on bottom of container

Look for #2 stamp

Wash clean

Labels may stay

Remove metal lid or ring & include with other recyclables

Soft plastic bags (bread)

Clear plastic bottles

Plastic grocery bags

Yogurt, cottage cheese, & margarine tubs

Oil or antifreeze jugs

Aluminum

Aluminum foil

Aluminum pie & food trays

Aluminum cans

Rinse clean

Remove any paper (labels)

Dirty foil

Foil coated wrappers

Coffee "brick" wrappers

Tin (steel) Cans

Food & beverage containers

Rinse clean

Remove paper labels

Remove ends (if possible)

Flatten & tuck in lids

Paint cans

Aerosol cans

Dirty cans

Wire or scrap metal