Please place these items into the
RECYCLE bins
PAPER
EMPTY PLASTIC CONTAINERS
NO PAPER TOWELS, PAPER PLATES,
NAPKINS, TISSUES - those are always
trash
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All types of paper, any color, any
finish
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Clips and staples can be left on
Newspaper, copy paper, catalogs,
books, paper bags, phone books, file
folders, post-it notes, envelopes
(window ok), chipboard (cereal/
cracker boxes, shoe boxes, paper towel cores, etc., please flatten to save
space)
Shredded paper placed into CLEAR
plastic bag (leave near bin to save
space in bin)
EMPTY GLASS, CARTONS, & METAL
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All rigid plastic containers, #1-#7
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Caps and lids can be left on
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You don’t need to wash them
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Caps, lids, straws can be left on
Wax-coated cartons are accepted
Water/soda bottles, ALL cups of
any kind, empty CLEAR food clamshell containers, yogurt cups,
butter tubs, milk jugs, empty microwave food trays, serving
platters and lids, empty cleaning
product bottles, ketchup bottles,
lotion and shampoo bottles, etc.
Glass food and sauce jars
Drink bottles
All milk/juice cartons, ice
cream containers
Soda cans, energy drink cans,
soup cans, empty aerosol
cans, coffee cans, aluminum
foil, food serving trays and lids
SPECIAL RECYCLING, can be recycled at MCC, but not in your blue bins: batteries, inkjets, pens/pencils/markers, electronics, disks, tapes, cell phones, toner
cartridges. Leave these items in the “special item box” or near the blue bin for
the Recycling Collector. We’ll take your reusable office supplies too!
ALL CARDBOARD - Please flatten
EMPTY pizza boxes are accepted
WASTE ONLY/TRASH BINS: food, paper towels, tissues, napkins, paper plates, gum,
candy wrappers, chip/cookie bags, plastic bags and baggies, plastic wrap, bubble wrap,
foam peanuts, foam food containers, plastic utensils, greasy fast food packaging.