Breakdown of
Recyclable Items
For Curbside Pick Up
(have items out at the curb by 7:00 am !!!)
Acceptable Mixed Paper & Corrugated Cardboard
(place together in bin, a paper bag or bundle with
string):
Brochures
Catalogs
Colored paper
Cracker boxes (remove liner)
Flyers
Folders
Greeting cards
Index cards
Magazines
Notebooks
Note pads
Newspaper
Old mail & junk mail
Paper bags
Paperboard boxes and cartons
(remove plastic liner first), cracker,
rice, pasta, shoe, cereal, frozen
food, boxes, gift, tissue
Paper collages
Paper towel rolls
Phone books
Pizza boxes (clean, remove liner)
Posters and poster board
Soft cover books
Hard cover books (remove covers
and binders)
Old statements
Wrapping paper (no foil, plastic, bows)
Any waffled cardboard, clean,
flattened and bundled
Not to exceed 3’ X 3’ X 3’
)
Not Acceptable (throw away as trash):
No candy wrappers, food waste, soiled paper plates,
plastic bags, plastic food wrappers, plastic utensils,
used paper towels, used tissue or napkins, soaked wet
paper, carbon paper, photographs, paper with waxed
coatings, dirt and other trash
Any questions contact the
Public Works Dept, 432-1100 X193
Commingled Containers:
Rinsed and free of
contaminants, place in your recycle bin, trash barrel with
recycle sticker, blue or clear plastic recycle bags, you don’t
need to remove labels or lids, flatten container to make room
in the recycling truck.
Acceptable Plastic (containers must be made of a rigid
plastic material-look at bottom to identify the number):
recycle
Plastic #1, #2, #4, #5, #7
Bleach & cleaning containers
Food carry out containers (with a
recycle symbol)
Juice containers
Laundry detergent bottles
Liquor bottles
Margerine containers
Milk containers
Soft drink bottles
Water bottles
Yogurt containers
Not Acceptable Plastic:
No #3 or #6 plastic
No Styrofoam
No automotive containers
No flower pots & trays
No grocery bags or plastic bags
No hazardous materials
No 5-gallon pails
No plastic silverware
No sandwich bags
Acceptable Glass:
Clear, brown, green and blue
(food & beverage containers)
Not Acceptable Glass:
No ceramic
No drinking glasses/stemware
No heat resistant ovenware
No light bulbs
No mirror
No porcelain cups & plates
No windowpane glass
Acceptable Metals:
Aluminum cans
Aluminum pie tins
Foil (clean)
Steel (tin & soup cans)
Non-Acceptable Metal: Any item that had
contained toxic or hazardous material
No aerosol cans
No gasoline cans
No paint cans