ALL NARROW NECK PLASTICS
# 1-# 7
Empty and rinse Examples: Beverage bottles, milk jugs, ketchup bottles, salad dressing bottles, detergent bottles and shampoo bottles.
ALL WIDE-MOUTH PLASTIC CONTAINERS
#1-#7
Empty and rinse Examples: Peanut Butter Jars, Yogurt Containers, Margerine/Butter tubs, Cottage Cheese Containers, Sour Cream Containers, Whipped Topping Containers and Mayonnaise Containers.
CAPS AND LIDS: These are now accepted. Just rinse and place in bin!
RIGID PLASTICS
Examples: Plastic Milk/Soda Crates, Plastic Buckets with Metal Handles, Plastic Laundry Baskets, Plastic Lawn Furniture, Plastic Totes, Plastic Drums, Plastic Coolers, Plastic Flower Pots, Plastic Drinking Cups/Glasses, Plastic 5-Gallon Water Bottles, Plastic Pallets, Plastic Toys, and Empty Plastic Garbage/Recycling Bins. NOTE: If an item that you wish to recycle does not fit in your recycling bin, please place it next to your bin and CLEARLY LABEL the item "For Recycling."
BAGGED PLASTIC FILM
Examples: Plastic Grocery Bags, Dry Cleaning Bags, Plastic Stretch Film, Shrink Wrap. TAKE ALL OF THESE MATERIALS AND PLACE THEM INSIDE ONE OF THE PLASTIC BAGS. DO NOT PUT THEM IN THE BIN LOOSE.
ASEPTIC/GABLE-TOP MILK AND JUICE FROZEN FOOD CARTONS:
New! These containers are now accepted! Examples: soy/rice milk boxes, juice boxes, orange juice, etc.
Frozen Food Boxes.
METAL AND ALUMINUM
Examples: Beverage, Soup Cans, Tuna Cans, Vegetable and Pet Food Cans, Aluminum Foil, and Pie Plates.
SMALL PIECES OF SCRAP METAL
Must be able to fit in your bin. Examples: brake drums, hoe heads, or the metal parts of gardening tools, pots and pans.
AEROSOL CANS (MUST BE EMPTY.)
PAPER
Examples: Newspapers and Inserts (plastic bags removed), Computer and Office Paper, Telephone Books, Junk Mail, Magazines, Catalogs, Cereal and Food Product Boxes (liners removed), Corrugated Cardboard Packing Boxes, Computer Printouts, Books (including paperbacks, textbooks, and hardbacks), Brown Paper Bags, and Non-Metallic Wrapping Paper, Plastic coated boxes such as frozen food boxes
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Bottles that once held hazardous products such as automotive and garden products
Scrap metal that is too big to fit into your recycling bin.
Mirror or window glass
Salad bar and Clam Shell plastic food containers.
Glass Drinking glasses
Cookware
Pottery and ceramics
Wax coated boxes
Plastic inner liners of food product boxes
Paper towels, napkins or tissues
Styrofoam (Styrofoam Block or Expanded Polystyrene is accepted at the City's Electronics Recycling events)
Alkaline Batteries (These may be taped on one end and taken to the City's Electronic Recycling events)
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