Recyclable Items
Remember:
- Please do not put recyclables in plastic bags of any kind.
- Do not include food contaminated paper with your recyclables.
- Styrofoam (with or without the #6 recycling symbol) is not recyclable and should be placed in your yellow bag or brought to the Transfer Station.
- All items should be clean. No broken glass or mirrors.
- Please flatten cardboard boxes.
Please Note:
If you use plastic bags or your recyclables are contaminated, the haulers will not pick them up.
| At the Curb - in 'Blue Box' | Additional Items that can be recycled only at the Transfer Station |
#1-7 Plastic food & beverage containers- No black plastic take out containers | Fluorescent light bulbs |
Drink boxes | Large Flattened corrugated cardboard |
Milk & Juice cartons | Car Batteries & Rechargeable Batteries |
Aluminum cans, foil & pie plates | Leaves |
Tin cans | Scrap metal |
Glass bottles & jars (lids removed) | Uncontaminated automobile waste oil, antifreeze |
Paperback Books (small quantities) | Tires |
Newspapers | Books |
Magazine & Magazine quality catalogs | Clothing, clean rags, toys, ect. (Goodwill Bin) |
Boxboard (cereal, tissue, cereal & pasta (liners removed - boxes flattened) | Reusable items |
Office Paper & Junk Mail | Electronics |
Brown paper bags | Oil-base and Latex Paint |
Flattened & bundled cardboard | Cooking Oil |
Food grade aerosol cans | Propane Tanks |
Mattresses |
The items listed below are not recyclable.
| NOT Recyclable - Glass | NOT Recyclable - Paper | NOT Recyclable - Metal | NOT Recyclable - Plastic |
| Plate Glass | Food Contaminated Paper | Large Appliances (these can be recycled at the Transfer Station for a fee) | Motor Oil Bottles |
| Pyrex Cookware | Used tissues and paper towels | Black plastic take out containers | |
| Ceramics (plates, cups, mugs) | Plastic Coated Paper (Ice cream boxes and frozen food boxes) | Large Toys | |
| Drinking Glasses | Plastic Bags and Film | ||
| Light Bulbs | Styrofoam | ||
| Shipping Peanuts |