Proper Recycling - Homes and Businesses

Check with your trash hauler for specific preparation requirements for all recyclable materials.

Containers

Clean containers of food and liquid.
Throw away tops from glass and plastic containers.
Flatten metal cans, gallon plastic containers and half-gallon
paper containers.
License plates should be cleaned of major
dirt and defaced or cut so no one else can use them.

Check with your trash hauler for specific preparation requirements for all recyclable materials.

Container Material	Recycle	Do Not Recycle
Glass	Food Containers only Clear Brown Green	Window glass Light bulbs Drinking glasses Ceramics China Pyrex
Metal Cans and Aluminum Foil	Food Containers only Metal containers Aluminum pie pans Single-serving trays	Aerosol cans Paint cans Pesticide or other chemical containers
Plastic	All types of Plastic with #1 - #7 Food containers Personal care containers Household cleaning product containers	Styrofoam trays, egg cartons or packaging Motor oil containers Containers without recycling logo number
Paper Milk Cartons and Juice Boxes	"Gable top" paper, milk and juice containers juice boxes

Paper (Fiber) Products

Check with your trash hauler for specific preparation requirements for all recyclable materials.

Office paper, envelopes, magazines
& catalogs, junk mail
Telephone books are accepted mixed with the newspaper.
Fold or flatten paper.
shredded paper
Take covers off hard cover books, if possible. For large quantities, call the
Authority for arrangements.

Flat paper products may be mixed together and placed in or under the Blue Box

Check with your trash hauler for specific preparation requirements for all recyclable materials.

Paper Material	Recycle	Do Not Recycle
Office Paper or Computer Paper	Green or blue bar Plain white
Fine Office Paper	White or light stationary Photocopy paper White no-carbon-required Adding machine tapes	Paper clips Coated fax paper Carbon paper Spiral wires
Envelopes	White or light envelopes, with or without "windows"	"Tyvek" (plastic) envelopes
Magazines and Junk Mail	Magazines Catalogs Advertising flyers Colored paper	Plastic wrappers Non-paper inserts Crayon-marked paper
Boxboard	Light weight boxes light weight cardboard packaging material Manilla envelopes	Packing "peanuts" or other Styrofoam
Cardboard	Clean cardboard with wavy mid layer Brown paper bags	Tape and lables Staples Packing Styrofoam
Books and Bound Materials	Telephone books Hardcover or Softcover books
Newspaper	All inserts All weekly or daily publications	Wet or dirty paper Wadded paper
Shredded Paper	Bills, statements, invoices on uncoated paper	Coated paper Paper Clips Wire Fastners Carbon Paper