Paper can be placed in your Davis Waste Removal recycling cart.

• Staples and glassine windows are okay.
• Please remove paper clips and clasps.
• Bindings must be removed from paperback and hardback books.
• Large cardboard boxes must be flattened and stacked outside of the recycling cart.

YES —These items can be placed in your recycling cart

• Paper that shows up in your mailbox—junk mail, magazines, and catalogs
• Cereal boxes
• Shoe boxes
• Gift boxes
• Small cardboard boxes
• Phone books
• Office paper
• White and colored paper
• Computer paper
• Notebook paper
• Paper bags
• Newspaper and whatever comes with the paper can be recycled (except the plastic bag and rubber band)
• Paper towel tubes
• Toilet paper tubes
• Wrapping paper
• Gift wrap tissue paper
• Egg cartons

NO —These items should not be placed in your recycling cart

• Soy/ milk cartons
• Juice boxes
• Frozen food boxes
•  Paper towels
• Tissues
• Plastic/wax coated paper
• Photographs
• Blueprint paper
• Mylar paper
• Carbon paper or thermal fax paper

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Davis Waste Removal offers free 24-hour drop-off of the following recyclables at their 2727 2nd Street Recycling Center:

• Cardboard
• plastics #1-#7
• Aluminum cans
• Tin foil
• Paper
• Glass bottles
• Steel cans
• Scrap metal
• Used motor oil and oil filters