Public Works
30 W. Back Street, #4
Fincastle, VA 24090
Printed on recycled paper.
RECYCLING CENTERS
HOUSEHOLD
RECYCLING
GUIDE
Eagle Rock Elementary
Not in Service
Buchanan Elementary
Breckinridge Elementary
Botetourt County Landfill
Troutville Elementary
Lord Botetourt High School
Cloverdale Elementary
Colonial Elementary
For more information about recycling, call (540) 992-5111.
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Where and what to recycle in
Botetourt County
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PAPER
YES! PLEASE RECYCLE...
PLASTIC
AND METAL
YES! PLEASE RECYCLE…
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GLASS
YES! PLEASE RECYCLE…
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Paper bags
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#1 PETE
Plastic
#1 through #7
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Drink
All
colors
cansof glass bottle and jars
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Newspaper
Aluminum
Metal
caps and
canstops
Cardboard
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Tin cans
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Office paper (staples are fine)
#2 HDPE
Aluminum drink cans
Plastic shopping/grocery bags with
Tin cans
#1 or #2 printed on the bag
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Magazines
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Phone books
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Paper gift wrap
SORRY, WE CANNOT ACCEPT...
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Milk cartons
Milk cartons
Plastic wrap or bags
Plastic wrap or bags
Paper or cardboard with plastic coating
Paper or cardboard with plastic coating
Any type of paper with food waste,
Any
of paper
with
food boxes
waste,
such type
as paper
towels
& pizza
such as paper towels & pizza boxes
TIPS
TIPS
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Bundle papers together with twine
Bundle
papersintogether
with twine
Place papers
a paper grocery
bag
Recycle
ofteninsoa your
is notbag
too
Place papers
paperload
grocery
heavy
Recycle
often
so your
loadthey
is not
Breakdown
boxes
so that
laytoo
flat
heavy
SORRY, WE CANNOT ACCEPT…
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Plastic bags/ sheets or film
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Bubble wrap
Plastics #3, 4, 5, 6, or 7
Any type of Styrofoam
Store bought garbage bags
Liquids or food waste
Bubble wrap
SORRY, WE CANNOT ACCEPT…
TIPS
Look at the bottom of containers to
TIPS
find out what type of plastic it is
 Look at the bottom of containers to
 The number will always be found infind out what type of plastic it is
side the universal logo for recycling,
 The
number
will always be found inlike in
this picture
side the universal logo for recycling,
 If you can’t find a number,
like in this picture
don’t put it in a recycling bin,
 If
you put
can’tinfind
number, don’t put it
please
youra household
in
a recycling bin
trash.
 The color of the plastic doesn’t matter,
only the number
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Plastic bottle caps can be placed back
on bottles to keep pests out
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Clean, aluminum
foil ACCEPT…
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Metal
caps
and tops
Mirrors
or plate
glass
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Scrap metal
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Car parts
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Scrapfencing
Wire
metal
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Car
L
i qparts
uids or food waste
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Wire fencing
TIPS
TIPS
Rinse out cans to avoid attracting pests
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at
home
recycling
Rinse
outand
cans
to avoidcenters
attracting pests
at home
Cans
withand
a lining
recycling
are recyclable
centers
After
emptying
andare
rinsing
a food can,
Cans with
a lining
recyclable
place
lid inside
can to
avoidcan,
cuts
After the
emptying
andthe
rinsing
a food
from
edges
place the
the sharp
lid inside
the can to avoid cuts
from the sharp edges
NOTE: All items not accepted at recycling
centers
taken
the Botetourt
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Allbe
items
nottoaccepted
at recycling
County
Landfill.
540-992-5111
centers can
be taken
to the landfill. Some
items may be recyclable at other locations.