How to Prepare and Sort your Recyclables:

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Corrugated Cardboard

Viewed from the edge, corrugated cardboard looks like this:

  • Remove packing materials, such as foam, peanuts & bubble-wrap
  • All paste boards boxes must have wax liner removed, including cereal boxes
  • Flatten boxes and place beneath recycling container
  • Cereal or other paperboard boxes OK
  • NO wax-coated milk cartons or boxes
  • NO juice containers

Beverage Cans 

  • Please drain completely
  • Aluminum & steel beverage cans will be separated automatically at the Recycling Center
  • You may flatten cans to save space

Steel Food Cans

  • Rinse clean
  • Paper labels OK
  • Place lid inside can and pinch end closed to keep lid inside

Newspaper 

  • Stack in brown paper grocery bags
  • DO NOT pack in plastic bags or tie in bundles
  • Loose newspaper can cause litter
  • Wet newspapers CANNOT be recycled
  • Shiny paper is OK

Glass Jars & Bottles ONLY!

  • Throw away caps & lids
  • MUST rinse clean
  • Paper labels do not have to be removed
  • NO window, ceramic, Pyrex or heat resistant glass
  • NO china, dishes, light bulbs or mirrors

Plastic Bottles & Jars - Only #1 & #2

  • Throw away caps
  • MUST rinse bottles clean
  • ACCEPTABLE
        CLEAR pop bottles
        GREEN pop bottles
        WHITE milk & water jugs
        COLORED detergent, softener & bleach bottles
  • You may flatten plastic bottles to save space for home storage
  • ONLY #1 & #2 Plastic is acceptable
        Non-coded or coded #3-7
    WILL NOT be acceptable
  • NO motor oil, transmission oil or antifreeze containers

Junk Mail - PAPER PRODUCTS ONLY

  • Put all junk mail into PLASTIC GROCERY SACKS ONLY
  • Magazines and Catalogs OK
  • Wrapping Paper OK

Scrap Aluminum

  • Aluminum foil, pie & dinner trays
  • PLEASE rinse clean
  • Aluminum lawn furniture etc.

  • Remove fabric and other contaminants

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Thank you for Recycling!

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