Recycling

Paper Items:

• Newspaper with inserts
• Magazines/catalogs
• Soft-cover books
• Telephone books
• Office/Computer/School paper
• All junk mail (plastic windows removed)
• Clean paperboard, shoe boxes, egg cartons, cereal boxes
• Corrugated cardboard – flattened, and tied or taped, to 3′ x 3′
• NO PLASTIC BAGS – Bring to grocery store with bread, newspaper and dry cleaning bags

Place loose or shredded paper in a stapled brown paper bag to prevent litter.

Container Items:

• Glass, bottles/jars – No broken or other glass such as light bulbs, window or auto glass, dishes, glasses, Pyrex
• Metal cans, clean aluminum foil and aerosol cans – No paint cans
• All plastic containers labeled with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 (3 gal. size max)
• No motor oil or chemical containers
• No Styrofoam
• No antifreeze, motor oil, pesticide, or other toxic fluid containers.

How to Obtain Recycling Bins?

• Call 311 to order – DPW will deliver!

What to Do with Recycling Bin?
Place your recycling barrel curbside by 6 a.m., and at least 5′ away from other barrels, mailboxes, poles, shrubs, vehicles, fences, walls, etc.

Again no soiled paper products (pizza boxes, paper plates, tissues, etc.)

• No tape, string or plastic bags
• No waxed paper or waxed boxes, painted or crayoned paper, or frozen food boxes
• No trash, yard waste or food waste!

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