Other Items We DO Recycle
School supplies (Binders, Paper, etc.)
Eye glasses
Clean foam peanuts
Cell phones
Used clothing and shoes
(can be found on Betty Croker products, Fiber One products, Bisquick, Nestlé Juicy Juice, Big G Cereals: Cheerios, Cascadian Farms, Chex, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp,
Curves and Disney Cereals, Kix, Lucky Charms, Nature
Valley, Total, Trix and Wheaties), Green Giant Frozen
Vegetables, Totino’s Pizza Rolls, Hamburger Helper, Old
El Paso, Pillsbury, Yoplait, Cottenelle, Huggies, Pull Ups,
Avery, Ziploc, Scott, Kleenex and Hefty Products)
Thank you for recycling with
KCMB!!
• Please keep in mind that any food waste
(i.e. meat packaging, jars and plastic not
rinsed, partially eaten food, etc.) will contaminate the entire bag of recyclables
and the contents will not be recycled.
• Please sort recyclables by the preceding
categories, empty from plastic bags and deposit recyclables in the appropriate labeled
containers. Empty bags and plastic lids can
be placed in the designated container next to
the recycling bins.
• For safety purposes, please use the appro-
priate ENTRANCE (Market Street) and EXIT
(1st Avenue) ONLY access gates.
(can be found on Campbell’s Soups, Franco American,
Pepperidge Farms, Spaghettios, Swanson Products, V8
Beverages and Prego)
Recycling Fun Facts
• The average American generates 4.4 pounds of
trash per day, adding to the grand total of about
250 million tons of trash the US accumulates
per year. The current recycling rate in the US is
34.7% which means there is a lot of room for
improvement.
• Georgia has the 2nd largest infrastructure for
recycling manufacturing in the county. The GA
Department of Community Affairs estimates
that Georgians spend $100 million to landfill
recyclable material that are worth $300 million.
KCMB’s
Guide to
Recycling
• 1/3 of all plastic beverage containers recycled in
North America get recycled in Georgia and
turned into carpet.
• Recycling is good for the environment
and good for Georgia’s economy. Paper
mills use 40% less energy to make paper from
recycled paper than they do making paper from
virgin timber and a ton of paper made from recycled fibers conserves 7,000 gallons of water
(Department of Energy EIA Kids Page – Recycling Paper and Glass).
Other Items We DO NOT Recycle
302 E Market Street
Chatsworth GA 30705
706.517.0222
[email protected]
www.KeepChatsworthMurrayBeautiful.org
Glass of any kind, used air filters, used diapers,
trash cans, luggage, baby car seats, plastic children’s toys, garden equipment, polystyrene (foam)
except for clean peanuts, food waste, tires
Hours of Operation
Revised: 03JAN14
Tuesday—Friday: 8am—4pm
Saturday: 8am—12pm
Closed Sunday and Monday
A Guide to Recycling in Murray County
ALUMINUM
GLAD® FOOD STORAGE
Accepted Waste
Aluminum Foil and Aluminum Tins
Accepted Waste
ALUMINUM CANS
Cans should be rinsed and crushed
CARDBOARD ( OCC)
Accepted Waste
Corrugated Cardboard
Unacceptable Cardboard Waste
Wax coated boxes, greasy or food contaminated
boxes
CFL BULBS
Accepted Waste
Only compact fluorescent bulbs
CIGARETTE LITTER
Accepted Waste
Extinguished cigarettes, cigarette
filters, loose tobacco pouches,
outer plastic packaging, inner foil
packaging, rolling paper and ash
DRINK POUCHES
Accepted Waste
All juices pouches and straws
ELECTRONICS
Accepted Waste
Computers, fax machines,
copiers, printers, computer
monitors, telephones, answering machines, microwaves, radios, tape players, VCR’s, DVD players,
televisions ($10 Processing Fee), CRT monitors ($5
Processing Fee)
ENTENMANN’S LITTLE
BITES POUCHES
Only Entenmann’s Little Bites pouches
Glad® ClingWrap or other
brand plastic wrap, Glad®
Press’n Seal® wrap, Glad® or
other brand plastic food storage containers, Glad® or other
brand plastic food storage lids
All types of Glad® or other
brand food storage bags
HUMMUS CONTAINER
Accepted Waste
Hummus containers and tubs,
hummus container lids, hummus
container foil tops and plastic
film and hummus container outer plastic seals and other plastic
packaging
INKJET
& TONER
CARTRIDGES
Accepted Waste
All inkjet and toner cartridges,
NO tubes
METAL
Cans should be rinsed, labels removed and put with paper.
Accepted Waste
Steel cans and lids , any other metal, including batteries
Unacceptable Waste
Paint cans
PAPER PRODUCTS
Accepted Waste
Books, manuals, magazines, newspapers, catalogues,
telephone books, office and school paper, chipboard
(cereal, cracker boxes)
Unacceptable Waste
Used paper products (napkins / paper towels /
paper plates), used air filters
PERSONAL CARE & BEAUTY
Hair care packaging such as shampoo bottles
and caps, conditioner bottles and
caps, hair gel tubes and caps, hair
spray bottles and triggers, and hair
paste plastic jars and caps
Skin care packaging such as lip
balm tubes, face soap dispensers
and tubes, face lotion bottles, tubes and plastic jars,
body wash containers, soap tubes and dispensers,
body lotion dispensers and bottles, shaving foam
tubes (no cans), and hand lotion bottles and tubes
Cosmetics packaging such as lipstick cases, lip
gloss tubes, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases,
bronzer cases, foundation packaging and bottles,
powder cases, eyeliner cases, eyeliner pencils, eye
shadow tubes, concealer tubes, concealer sticks,
and lip liner pencils
PLASTIC
Plastic bottles should be rinsed and caps and rings removed.
Accepted Waste
#1 PETE or PET: Soda, ketchup, water,
juice bottles, some microwave dinner trays,
produce containers, household cleaner bottles
#2 HDPE: milk and water jugs, coffee
containers, some pill/vitamin bottles, shampoo and conditioner bottles, bleach and detergent bottles, shopping bags that are labeled with
#6 Rigid Solo Cups ONLY
Dairy Tubs:
cottage cheese, butter,
margarine, yogurt, sour
cream, cream cheese,
plastic, whipped topping, pudding tubs, foil
and lids
Cheese Packaging:
Large flexible cheese packaging, such as
shredded and string cheese packaging, individual slices outer packaging, solid cheese
block packaging, Kraft
Fresh Takes packaging,
deli-style sliced cheese
and other large cheese
packaging. Individual
cheese packaging such as
individual slices packaging, individual string cheese packaging, other
individual cheese packaging and foil cheese
packaging
Unacceptable Plastic Waste
Antifreeze or Motor Oil Bottles
Vinyl Siding or Window Blinds
Feed Bags with Plastic Liners
Shower Curtains
Used Plastic Utensils
SNACK BAGS
Accepted Waste
Individual snack bags, multipack snack bags and family-size snack bags
USED MOTOR & COOKING
OIL
Pure used motor oil (no gasoline additives)
Used cooking oil
WRITING INSTRUMENTS
Pens and caps, mechanical pencils, markers and caps and permanent markers and caps