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CARDBOARD
- Multi-layered corrugated cardboard
- Cardboard boxes
MIXED PAPER
- Newspapers
- Office paper (all colors)
- Glossy paper (brochures, magazines, catalogs,
newspaper inserts, etc.)
- Telephone books
- File folders
- Junk mail
- Envelopes with and without windows
- Thin paper (fax paper, receipts, etc.)
- Paperboard (cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, shoe boxes,
beverage cartons, gift boxes, and any other single layered
paperboard)
- Milk and juice cartons
- Egg cartons (cardboard only – not Styrofoam)
- Post-It notes/self adhesive paper
- Soft cover (novels, notebooks, etc.) and hardcover
books
- Paper bags
- Wrapping paper
- Tissue paper
- Shredded paper (bag it so it doesn’t make a mess)
- Pizza boxes
- Paper plates
- Copy paper ream wrappers
COMMINGLED RECYCLING
- Glass bottles and jars
- Aluminum cans (soda cans, etc.)
- Metal food and beverage cans. Lids and labels are okay.
- Plastic items labeled with a recycling symbol and the
numbers 1-7
- Empty aerosol cans (must be completely empty and
must not have contained hazardous material)
- Aluminum foil and trays
- Wire hangers
- Drinking glasses
- Incidentals such as labels, caps and neck rings on plastic
containers, and the pump in a hand soap bottle
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DO NOT
Recycle...
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Styrofoam (containers, cups, packing material)
- Bubble wrap
- Cookware
- Ceramics
- Pots and pans
- Flatware/silverware
- Scissors
- Light bulbs
- Mirrors
- Window glass
- Containers that held toxic or hazardous materials (paint,
solvents, etc.)
- Plastic bags
- Saran wrap
- Twine, ribbon, string
- Tissues, napkins, or paper towels
- Carbon paper
- Small appliances (curling irons, toasters, electric
toothbrushes, etc.)
- Batteries
- Computers or other electronic devices
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