GLASS, PLASTIC AND METALS

PAPER

GLASS

• Glass food jars
• Glass beer bottles
• Glass wine bottles
• Glass beverage bottles
  
• All colors of glass are OK

METALS

• Aluminum cans
• Tin/steel cans
• Aluminum foil
• Empty aerosol cans
• Empty paint cans
• Foil pie plates
• Metal lids and caps

Note: All containers should be empty and relatively free of food and other contaminants. Please consider rinsing containers before placing in your recycling cart.

PLASTIC

• All #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7 rigid plastics
• Any plastic container with a #1, #2, #3, #5, #6 or #7 recycling symbol
• Plastic caps & lids
• Plastic toys
• Laundry baskets
• Plastic crates
• Plastic buckets*
• Plastic flower pots
• Plastic nursery trays
• Plastic containers
• Children’s outdoor plastic toys (sandboxes, slides, play kitchens)*
• CD and DVD cases
• Clean PVC pipe (no dirt)                       
  
• Plastic furniture*                  
  

* These items may be too large to fit in the recycling cart—the lid must be able to close. Please take these to the recycling center at 2727 2nd Street for free recycling drop-off 24/7.

• Shoe boxes
• Gift boxes
• Cardboard
• Computer paper
• Notebook paper
• Paper bags
• Paper towel tubes
• Toilet paper tubes
• Junk mail
• Magazines
• Catalogs
• Paper folders
• Shredded paper (place in a paper bag to prevent litter)
• Staples are OK in paper, but please remove paper clips and clasps  
• Clean pizza boxes (no cheese or grease)

• Phone books
• Office paper
• Newspaper
• Wrapping paper
• Cereal & other paperboard boxes
• Egg cartons
• Small pieces of cardboard: place in the cart
• Large pieces of cardboard: remove all packing material, flatten, and stack on the ground next to the recycling cart, or place in the cardboard recycling bin (if present)
• Books -- Paperback books can be placed in the recycling cart. To recycle hardbacks books, remove the binding and place the pages in the recycling cart, the binding in the trash.

CARDBOARD  

Carboard boxes must be completely emptied of all packing material and be flattened before recycling. No waxed cardboard or greasy pizza boxes (those can go in the organics cart). Cardboard 2 cubic feet and smaller when flatten can be placed in the recycling cart with paper. See below for how to manage cardboard larger than 2 cubic feet in size.

Single-Family Residential Customers: Flattened cardboard should be stacked on the ground next to the carts for pick up on collection day. Please don’t wedge the cardboard between carts it makes it harder for Recology drivers to service your carts.

 
Businesses and Multi-Family Customers: Some businesses and multi-family properties have a cardboard recycling bin for flattened cardboard. For those that do not, place flattened cardboard on the ground next to the recycling carts (there should be a space designated for cardboard recycling).

DO NOT PUT THESE ITEMS IN WITH GLASS, PLASTICS AND METALS

DO NOT PUT THESE ITEMS IN WITH PAPER

• Plastic Bags - grocery bags, produce bags, re-sealable food storage bags, plastic food wrap, shrink wrap, and other miscellaneous plastic wrap, cannot be placed in the recycling cart. Plastic bags and film that are CLEAN (no food, dirt or other debris on them) and DRY can be taken to many local grocery stores free recycling.
  
• Packing foam & polystyrene packing peanuts - some shipping and packing stores may accept them for reuse.
• Bio-degradable or compostable “plastic” containers

• Auto glass
• Ceramics
• Fluorescent light bulbs & tubes
• Incandescent light bulbs
• Mirrors
• Window glass
• Pyrex dishes
• Porcelain
• Wine glasses
• Hoses
• Rubber tires
• Dishes, plates, bowls & glasses
• Scrap Metal
• Expanded polystyrene (a.k.a. StyrofoamTM Brand Foam)
• Contaminated plastics—items covered in dirt, food, or other materials.
• Electronics

• Soy/ milk cartons and any other refrigerated cartons
• Juice boxes and other shelf-stable cartons
• Frozen food boxes
•  Paper towels
• Tissues
• Plastic Bags
• Thermal receipts

• Plastic/wax coated paper
• Photographs
• Blueprint paper
• Mylar paper
• Carbon paper or thermal fax paper
• Greasy or cheesy pizza boxes
• Waxed cardboard

• Steel
• Copper
• Aluminum
• Brass (including clothes hangers)
• Ironing boards
• Misc. plumbing parts
• Metal sprinkler heads
• File cabinets
• Metal chairs & desks
• Screen doors
• Metal miniblinds

• Lawn mowers (drain fluids, empty gas tanks)
• Compressor motors (drain oil)
• Engine parts incl. radiators (remove filters & drain fluids)
• Fluorescent light fixtures (remove the ballasts and tubes)
• Patio furniture
• Doorknobs & hinges
• Cookware & flatware
• Play equipment
• Bike frames
• Metal garbage cans
• Window frames

These items are not accepted for recycling as scrap metal:

• Compressed gas-cylinders (propane tanks)
• Helium tanks

• Fluorescent light tubes