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Preparing Your

Recyclables

Preparing your recyclables correctly ensures safe, efficient collection and the delivery of high-quality materials to recycling facilities.

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Preparing Your

Recyclables

Preparing your recyclables correctly ensures safe, efficient collection and the delivery of high-quality materials to recycling facilities.

Download Guidelines

Bottles, Cans, and Plastic Containers

Aluminum & Tin

What’s Accepted

Aluminum cans, tin cans, and certain license plates.

Preparing aluminum and tin:

Rinse all cans.

Preparing license plates:

Remove or invalidate month and year stickers and bend plate.

Note: the following types of license plates cannot be recycled. Return to a vehicle licensing office:

Commercial vehicle plates (gross weight over 12,000 pounds)
Personalized plates
Baseball stadium plates
Horseless carriage plates
Amateur radio operator (HAM) plates
Medal of Honor, Pearl Harbor survivor, and Gold Star parent plates

Aluminum & Tin

What’s Accepted

Glass bottles and jars (all colors). Chipped or cracked glass OK.

No broken glass. Please bag or place inside an empty carton or box and discard in garbage.

Preparing glass bottles and jars:

Rinse all glass bottles and jars. Remove bottles from 6-pak holders and half case boxes. Recycle holders and boxes with scrap paper.
Remove caps, lids, and corks and dispose as garbage.
Labels can be left on.

Plastic Containers

What’s Accepted

Plastic containers (bottles, jugs and tubs) inc. lids, caps, and rings. Max bucket size: 3 gallons with metal handle removed.

Preparing plastic containers:

Rinse all plastic containers.
Leave caps and lids on (no loose lids), dispose of plastic pumps.
Flatten bottles and put cap back on.
Labels can be left on.

Scrap Paper & Newspaper

Reminder:

Place paper (or top layer of papers) in a paper bag if possible. Lay bag on side in recycling bin to prevent windblown litter.

What’s Accepted

Newspaper and scrap paper inc. items like magazines, catalogs, mail, photos, paperboard boxes/cartons (ex. shoe boxes and cereal cartons), paperback books. No shredded paper – please dispose of as trash or drop-off for recycling at one of our transfer stations. Place paper (or top layer of papers) in a paper bag if possible. Lay bag on side in recycling bin to prevent windblown litter.

Preparing scrap paper and newspaper:

Clean paper only.
Staples, paper clips, and file folder clips OK.

Cardboard

What’s Accepted

Brown paper bags and corrugated cardboard, including pizza boxes.

Preparing cardboard:

Remove packing materials, including Styrofoam™ and plastic packing. Dispose of packing material. Flatten and bundle.
Clean pizza boxes only. Food-soiled and wax-coated (produce) boxes accepted in FoodPlus! Yardwaste.
Max. bundle size 24″x48″x6″ (curbside recycling customers).
If you have recycling bins – place bundle next to recycling bins. One bundle per pick-up (curbside recycling customers). If windy, bundle or tape to prevent blowing.
If you have single-stream Toter – place prepared cardboard in Toter.