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Please leave your recyclables loose in the cart. Do not put in trash bags as these bags are not recyclable.
Here is a list of accepted recyclable materials.
ACCEPTABLE ITEMS:
Cardboard
If you do not see a 1 or 2 on the plastic – do not put in recycling.
- Soft Drinks
- Mineral Water
- Fruit Juice
- Cooking Oil
- Milk Jugs
- Cleaning Agents
- Laundry Detergents
- Bleaching Agents
- Shampoo Bottles
- Washing Soap
Paper
- Mixed Office Paper
- Magazines/Catalogs
- Newspapers
Aluminum Food & Beverages
Need more details on what materials are recyclable? Click on a list item below to expand and read more details and some examples of each.
Cardboard
Shipping Boxes
Paper
- Mixed Office Paper
- Magazines/Catalogs
- Newspapers
- Shredded Paper *the shredded paper must be in a clear bag.
Paper - Envelopes (minus the plastic wrapper)
Plastics – Numbered 1 and 2
If you do not see a 1 or 2 on the plastic – do not put in recycling.
- Soft Drinks
- Mineral Water
- Fruit Juice
- Cooking Oil
- Milk Jugs
- Cleaning Agents
- Laundry Detergents
- Bleaching Agents
- Shampoo Bottles
- Washing Soap
Aluminum Food & Beverage Containers
UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS:
Ferrous metals, larges sheets for tin or aluminum
No glass will be accepted.
Plastics Numbered 3-7
- PVC – pipes, pool liners, supply jugs, twine
- LDPE – ziplock bag, grocery bags, bread bags, trash bags, six-pack rings, lids for containers
- PP – diapers, margarine containers, straws, juice bottles, party cups, medicine bottles, sealable food containers, reusable cups
- PS – plastic utensils, coffee cups, yogurt containers, to-go containers, trays
- PC – baby bottles, CDS, safety glasses, headlight lenses
Organic Waste
(Food waste or liquids)
Need more details on what is non-recyclable materials? Click on a list item below to expand and read more details and some examples of each.
Plastics – numbered 3-7
- PVC – pipes, pool liners, supply jugs, twine
- LDPE – ziplock bag, grocery bags, bread bags, trash bags, six-pack rings, lids for containers
- PP – diapers, margarine containers, straws, juice bottles, party cups, medicine bottles, sealable food containers, reusable cups
- PS – plastic utensils, coffee cups, yogurt containers, to-go containers, trays
- PC – baby bottles, CDS, safety glasses, headlight lenses
No Plastic Caps
Metals
- Ferrous metals, larges sheets for tin or aluminum
Organic Waste
Food waste or liquids.
No Glass
No glass will be accepted.
Clothes Hangers
Shipping Bags
Plastic containers come with a number printed on them ranging from one to seven. This number is used to identify the type of plastic used in the creation of the product. Not all plastics are recyclable. There are numerous plastic-based products that cannot break down and cannot be recycled. For example, if a plastic container has a number three printed on the bottle, that indicates that the water bottle has been made from polyvinyl chloride. If the plastic container has a number five, it means that it’s been made of polypropylene. Both Polyvinyl chloride and polypropylene are two materials that are not accepted by most public recycling centers.
We’ve provided a visual below to help better understand the difference between the plastics.
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