Material
Examples
Accepted Materials
Materials Not Accepted
Glass Bottles & Jars
- clear & colored food or beverage glass
- wash clean
- remove lids & recycle (if metal)
- labels are OK
- dishes
- ceramics
- light bulbs
- mirrors
- window panes
- auto glass
- other non-food or non-beverage glass
Paperboard
- flatten
- no plastic-coated paperboard that held liquid (e.g. milk cartons)
- remove from plastic bags
- milk or juice cartons
- paper plates
Cardboard
- flatten boxes
- remove large staples & plastic wrap
- tape & labels are OK
- must be clean
- DO NOT bundle or tie together
- boxes with glued-in foam or plastic packing
- boxes with heavy stapes
- boxes with metal or plastic strapping
Newspaper & Phonebook
- remove plastic strapping, rubber bands and plastic bags
- remove plastic bags & rubber bands
Magazines & Catalogs
- remove from plastic bags
- bound books
- magazines wrapped in plastic bags
Type 2 & 4 Plastic Shopping Bags
- must be empty, clean & dry
- must be stamped: 2 or 4
- This is the only type of bag we are able to recycle.
- Do not include any other type of bag that is not stamped with: 2 or 4
Mail & Office Paper
- put shredded paper in a clear plastic bag
- staples are OK
- plastic windows in envelopes are OK
- pet food bags
- wrapping paper
- tissue paper
- tissue, napkins
- paper towels
- waxed paper
- food-coated or wet paper
Type 1 thru 7 Plastics
- must be stamped: 1 thru 7 located on or near the bottom of the plastic item
- NO STYROFOAM
- wash clean; labels are OK
- throw away caps & lids
- bottles containing auto fluids or hazardous materials
- styrofoam or any type of foam (cups, plates, packing peanuts, packing materials, insulation)
- plastic film and other non-rigid plastic (no garbage bags, zip bags, dry cleaner bags, etc.)
- no bulky plastics (no pools or pool covers, no toys, no piping, no tarps or sheets of plastic)
Metal Cans & Foil
- wash clean
- labels are OK
- aerosol cans must be empty – throw away cap & nozzle
- bakeware, utensils, pots & pans
- hanger
- car parts
- scrap metal
- fencing
- propane cylinders or any other compressed gas cylinder
- foil backed paper, gum wrappers, foil wrapping paper
- lawn furniture
- siding, window/door frames or any construction material
