Trash and Recycling

     All food and beverage cartons

     Examples of products commonly packaged in cartons include:

• Milk (dairy, soy and almond)
• Juice
• Cream
• Egg white and egg substitute
• Soup and broth
• Protein drinks
• Eggnog
• Wine
• Tofu
• Smal juice boxes
• Ice cream and frozen yogurt

    Please:

• Empty all food or liquid
• Remove straws and caps
• No juice pouches
• Do not flatten cartons

Rigid plastic bottles, jugs, jars, tubs, cups and containers marked with the #1 through #7 in the recycling symbols.

Examples of acceptable items include:

• Soda, water, shampoo and soap bottles.
• Milk, laundry detergent, and cat litter jugs.
• Yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, and butter tubs.
• Peanut butter and mayonnaise jars.
• "To-go” or “take out” plastic drinking cups.
• Plastic trays like those used for microwave dinners.
• "Clam-Shell” containers like those used for strawberries and bakery goods.
• Plastic containers like those used to package salad mixes.

NO Plastic bags; plastic lids or caps; Styrofoam; plastic shrink wrap; toys, tubes; plastics marked as "PLA", compostable, or made from plant based materials; or plastic containers larger than 3 gallons in size.

• Aluminum cans, foil, trays and pie plates are all accepted for recycling.
• Remove as much food residue as possible.
• NO foil bags, such as potato chip bags.

• Flatten and cut to pieces no larger than 2 feet by 2 feet.
• Only broken down boxes inside the cart will be collected for recycling.
• NO wax coated cardboard.
• Pizza boxes accepted.

• Food and beverage glass only.
• Remove lids.
• Large metal lids can be recycled, but still must be removed.
• NO glass from windows, vases or drinking cups.

• Window envelopes are okay to recycle.
• Paperclips, stamps, staples, tape and sticky notes are OK.
• NO bubble envelopes or Tyvek® (polyethylene fiber) envelopes, such as some overnight mailing envelopes.
• NO plastic wrappers.
• Limit Shredded Paper.  All shredded paper must be placed in a closed paper bag.

Acceptable items include:

- Opened mail
- Greeting cards

- Postcards, index cards and file folders

- Loose leaf and legal pad paper

- Stationary, letterhead, copy and typing paper

- Paper envelopes (plastic windows OK)

- Brochures and glossy ads

• Remove plastic bags and wrap.
• Discard non-paper inserts such as CDs and magnets.

• Remove food wrappings and any food.
• NO plastic bags.
• NO microwave popcorn bags.

• Flatten or cut into pieces to no larger than 2 feet by 2 feet.
• Remove plastic bags, plastic film or wax paper bags.
• NO foil coated paperboard or paper cups.

Acceptable items include:

- Boxes for cereal, tissues, beverages, food, soap, etc.
- Gift, shirt and shoe boxes
- Hanging file folders
- Paper egg cartons
- Paper towel and toilet paper tubes
- Frozen food boxes (but not the ones that have a waxy, white coating on the inside)

• Remove bags, plastic wrap and magnets.

• Aerosol cans must be empty.
• Labels are OK.
• Remove plastic caps unless they are part of the can.
• Spray nozzles are OK.
• NO full or partially-full aerosol cans. Do not puncture.

• No glitter-coated or foil-coated paper.
• Remove ribbons and bows.
• Tape is okay.