| RECYCLING INFORMATION |
| TYPE OF MATERIAL |
ACCEPTABLE |
NON-ACCEPTABLE |
HOW? |
** NEW ITEMS **
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- Tetra Pak™ drink boxes
- Gable Top type cartons (milk and juice)
- Ice Cream Cartons
- #4 and #6 plastic food and beverage containers.
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- Remove and discard plastic caps.
- Rinse out residue.
- Place loose in the Blue box (please do not crush).
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PLASTICS |
- Food and beverage
containers and bottles
made of mixed plastics
(#1,2,4,5, and 6)
- Household cleaning and personal hygiene product bottles (laundry/dish soap)
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- Styrofoam™ (#6) meat trays, packaging materials and cups
- Clear and black “Clam shell” type fruit/deli/prepared food and bakery containers
- Grocery / bread bags
- Plastic wrap / films
- Flower pots
- Plastic toys and tools
- Hazardous waste containers
- Motor oil bottles
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- Remove lids, place recyclable lids in blue box.
- Rinse out residue.
- Place loose in the Blue box (please do not crush).
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GLASS |
- Food and beverage containers, jars and bottles
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- Window glass and mirrors,
- Light bulbs
- Drinking glasses and cups
- Ceramics, dishes ovenware
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- Remove lids, place recyclable lids in blue box.
- Rinse out residue.
- Place loose in the Blue box.
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METAL |
- Steel and Aluminum food and beverage containers only
- Metal lids
- Empty food and personal hygiene aerosol cans
- Empty and dry paint cans
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- Automotive parts
- Metal pots and pans
- Scrap metal
- Hazardous waste containers
- Propane cylinders
- Wire
- Batteries
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- Remove lids, place inside can.
- Rinse out residue.
- Place loose in the Blue box (please do not crush).
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MIXED PAPER |
- Magazines, Ad mail, Newspapers and flyers
- Phone books
- Paper back books
- Printer or photocopy paper
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- Coffee cups
- Waxed paper
- Hard cover books
- Photographs
- Diapers
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- Do not bundle or bag mixed paper. Simply place them neatly in your blue box or in paper bags to reduce blowing litter.
- Shredded paper must be compacted.
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BOX BOARD |
- Packaging made of Boxboard
i.e. Cereal, cracker and tooth paste boxes, paper towel and toilet paper rolls etc...
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- No waxed boxboard, or
soiled, oil stained or painted boxes.
- Check if the box is waxed, scratch the outside. If white
residue is present it is waxed and not recyclable.
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- Remove all inner and outer packaging materials and plastics.
- Break down smaller boxes and place inside larger boxes or in a paper bag.
- Simply place neatly in or beside your blue box
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CARDBOARD |
- Packaging made of clean corrugated cardboard
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- No waxed cardboard or soiled, oil stained or painted boxes.
- Check if the box is waxed, scratch the outside. If white
residue is present it is waxed and not recyclable.
- No grease-stained pizza boxes
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- Remove all inner and outer packaging materials and plastics.
- Pieces should be smaller than 0.8m x 0.8m x .25m (32" x 32" x 10")
- Leave loose or secure bundles with packing tape, twine is no longer required.
- Place neatly beside, under or in your blue box
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