Recyclables

Items Accepted

Details

What It Creates

Glass Jars and Bottles

All food and beverage jars and bottles (including all colors of glass) are accepted. Some examples are: soft drink, juice, beer, and wine bottles; spaghetti sauce, baby food, pickle, and mayonnaise jars.

	Empty and rinse jars and bottles.
	Throw away the lids.
	Labels are okay.
	Food and beverage containers only.

Mirrors, window glass, drinking glass, plates, pottery, ceramics, and light bulbs are NOT recyclable.

New glass jars and bottles

Cans

All aluminum foil containers, tin food and beverage cans are accepted. Some examples are: aluminum or crumpled foil, foil pie plates, juice cans, canned fruit and vegetable cans.

Empty and rinse cans.

Labels are okay.

Place lid inside rinsed can.

Metal pots and pans, kitchen appliances, furniture, furnace filters, and aluminum siding are NOT recyclable.

New cans

Plastic Jugs

Clear and colored plastic containers with or symbols are accepted. Some examples are: milk jugs, soft drink and juice bottles, detergent and bleach bottles.

	Empty and rinse all jugs and bottles.
	Flatten all milk jugs and detergent bottles.
	Throw away all lids.
	Only number or in the recycling symbol is accepted. No other numbers please.

Plastic food containers through , plastic bags, styrofoam products, toys, flower pots, waste baskets, laundry baskets or Tupperware type products are NOT recyclable.

4'x8' sheets of plastic lumber, bird feeders, t-shirts, sweatshirts, picnic tables, park benches, and playground equipment

Paper

Newspapers (including all inserts), phone books, junk mail, magazines, catalogs, office paper, and boxboard containers (cereal boxes, gift boxes, shoe boxes) are accepted.

	Remove all plastic liners and paper from boxboard containers and flatten the boxes.
	All the above paper products may be mixed and must be bagged or bundled
	Place bagged or bundled paper products on top of or beside your recycling bin.
	Do not place paper products loose in your recycling bin or mix with your glass, cans, or plastic containers.
	Set out only on dry days - If it is raining, please hold paper items until the next recycling day.

Waxed paper, milk cartons, pizza boxes, tissue paper, and wood products are NOT recyclable.

New newspapers. magazines, office paper, and other grades of paper

Cardboard

Corrugated cardboard boxes - the type with two layers of paper surrounding an inner layer of fluted/wavy paper is accepted.

	Remove all contents.
	Flatten all boxes.
	Cut boxes down to 2' x 2' pieces.
	If several pieces, tie with a light string into a bundle.
	Place cardboard bundle beside or underneath your recycling bin.

Waxed paper, milk cartons, pizza boxes, and dirty cardboard boxes are NOT recyclable.

New cardboard boxes

Clothing

Clean, dry, and wearable clothing is acceptable.

	Do not remove buttons or zippers.
	They can be mixed with bagged or bundled paper products

Textiles and dirty clothing, carpets, rags, rugs, shoes and belts are NOT recyclable.

Sent to third world countries where it is worn