Recycling made simple
What Can Go in Your Recycling Bin?
Not sure if it counts? Here is the quick list of what goes in the bin and what stays out, so your recycling actually gets recycled.
What goes in the bin
What’s In and What’s Out
Check the number on your plastics, keep paper clean and dry, and rinse your containers. That covers most of it.
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Goes in the Recycling Bin
- Plastics #1, #2 and #5. Check the number inside the arrows on the bottom of the container.
- Metal cans: food and beverage cans made of steel, tin, bi-metal or aluminum.
- Cardboard, clean and dry with no grease.
- Newspaper and magazines, including inserts, catalogs and paperback books.
- Paper cartons and boxes, like juice boxes, milk cartons and pasta or cereal boxes.
- Office and household paper like envelopes, junk mail and greeting cards. Shredded paper goes in a paper bag.
Keep it out
Stays Out of the Recycling Bin
- Glass of any kind: bottles, jars, dishes, mirrors and ceramics. None of it.
- Plastic bags, wrappers and straws. Also plastic without a number, to-go lids and polystyrene foam.
- Food waste and greasy containers. Rinse containers, and if one is still greasy, trash it. That includes wax-coated cartons.
- Electronics, batteries and cables, plus light bulbs, e-waste and scrap metal. All need special handling.
- Freon appliances like fridges, AC units and freezers. Call us for pickup options.
- Hazardous and bio-waste like diapers, chemicals, medical waste and batteries.
- Everything else: clothes, shoes, toys, tools, hoses, tissue, hardback books, holiday decorations, egg cartons, yard waste and construction debris.
When in doubt, throw it out.
If you are not sure, throw it in the trash. Tossing things in ‘just in case’ contaminates entire loads and sends everything to the landfill anyway.
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