Acceptable Materials

Acceptable materials for your green recycling box include:

• Newspaper
• Office paper
• Shredded paper
• Paper Bags
• Phone Books
• Cereal Boxes
• Frozen Food Boxes
• Aluminum Cans
• Metal Cans
• Cardboard
• Mail
• Magazines
• Catalogs
• Plastics, number 1 through number 7
  • NO styrofoam, or plastic bags

Preparing recyclables is easy:

• Please do not put garbage or food waste in the green box.
  • Contaminants can lead to an entire load of otherwise clean recyclables to end up as garbage.
• Rinse containers with water, and leave no food residue.
• Recyclables should be clean, dry, and empty.
• Labels may be left on.
• Crush the plastic bottles, and put the caps back on, to conserve space

Items that are NOT recyclable include:

• Aerosol cans
• Foil
• Metal hangers
• Batteries
• Light bulbs
• Glass or glassware
• Ceramics
• Juice boxes
• Paper style milk cartons
• Chip bags
• Plastic bags
• Plastic cups
• Pill bottles
• Frozen food bags
• Toxic product containers, examples include, (but are not limited to):
  • oil bottles
  • antifreeze jugs
  • herbicide containers
  • pesticide containers
• Food contaminated pizza boxes, paper plates, napkins
• Styrofoam containers and packing peanuts