CURB SIDE RECYCLING - WHAT'S RECYCLABLE, WHAT'S NOT

ACCEPTABLE FIBER (CLEAN)

• newspaper
• cardboard
• magazines
• flyers
• telephone books
• paperback books
• catalogs
• boxboard (unlined soda or merchandise boxes)
• untreated office papers (typing, copy or printer paper)
• envelopes
• bills
• brown paper bags
• junk mail

OTHER ACCEPTABLE ITEMS

• glass (clean bottles only)
• metals (aluminum or steel (tin) clean cans only)
• plastics (clean food containers and clean bottles clearly marked with recyclable designations 1-7)


UNACCEPTABLE FIBER

• waxed or coated papers or boxes (food containers, laminated papers)
• toilet or facial tissue
• heat sensitive papers
• synthetic papers (Tyvek)
• photographs
• carbon papers
• hard covered books or binders
• glued papers (labels)

OTHER UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS
• window glass
• ceramic cups/dishes
• cooking pots/pans
• aerosol cans
• clothes hangers
• hazardous waste containers
• appliances or electronics
• construction materials
• composite materials (plastic/metal/glass used together in one item)
• styrofoam
• plastic bags