Recycling At Home
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Recycling only works if you do your part!
Please prepare your recyclables as instructed below. Recycling properly saves energy, reduces pollution, and preserves resources for future uses. Even a small amount of contaminants can cause manufacturers to reject an entire load of recycling, which may then end up as garbage in the landfill. This adds to the cost of collecting and processing, which can cause an increase in your garbage collection fees.
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YES! These Items Go in the Blue Cart
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Paper & Cardboard 
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Newspaper
(no plastic bags)
Magazines, catalogs, phone books
Opened junk mail, office paper
Corrugated cardboard boxes
Cereal, cracker, and shoe-type
boxes
(no liners)
Shredded paper
(place in paper bag)
Paper bags, paper egg cartons
Labels from metal cans
Wrapping paper, greeting cards
(no tape, ribbons, or
foil paper)
Milk, juice, and soup cartons
(rinsed, drained)
Metals
Metal cans
(rinsed, drained)
Clean foil, pie plates, and trays
Empty aerosol cans
(don't puncture or
remove nozzle)
Other scrap metal
(30 lb max., no longer than
30 inches)
Plastics
Plastic bottles and tubs 6 oz.
or larger
(rinsed, no lids)
Buckets no larger than 5 gallons
(rinsed, no lids)
Rigid Nursery Pots 4 inches across
or larger
(rinsed, no dirt)
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NO! These Items Do NOT Go in the Blue Cart
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Paper and Cardboard
Paper with food residue
(pizza boxes, etc)
Wax, plastic, or foil coated paper
Paper containing wet strength*
(frozen food boxes,
paper cups, paper
plates, paper towels,
tissue, pet food bags)
Plastics
Plastic bags and film
(recycle plastic bags at the
grocery store)
Plastic bottles and tubs smaller
than 6 oz.
Styrofoam packaging, peanuts,
trays, take-out containers
Clear "clamshells"
(bakery containers)
Lids, trays, cups, plates,
silverware
Blister packaging
(tough, clear, product-
shaped display plastic)
Toys
Plastic that contained hazardous
material
(motor oil, pesticides, etc)
Glass
Glass of any kind
"WHEN IN DOUBT, LEAVE IT OUT!"
*Wet strength is an additive that keeps paper together when it gets wet. This means the paper doesn't break down in the paper making process
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Recycling in the Blue or Yellow Basket
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Glass Bottles & Jars
Rinsed, loose, unbroken bottles and jars only
(no lids or bags)
Motor Oil
Place in an unbreakable, see-through container, with a screw-top lid and no
larger than 2 gallons
Not Acceptable
Plates, glasses, cookware, ceramics, candle holders, vases, light bulbs,
mirrors, window or picture frame glass, any liquid other than motor oil |
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