Recyclable Materials

Please keep paper products post-card sized or bigger

• Brown paper bags
• Magazines
• Catalogs
• Newspaper
• Phone books
• Paperback books (no hardcover books)
• Notepads/spiral-bound notebooks (remove hard plastic covers)
• Loose-leaf paper

Please flatten all paperboard items

• Cardboard boxes
• Cereal/cracker boxes
• Gift/shoe boxes
• Hanging file folders
• Paper egg cartons
• Paper tubes
  • Toilet paper tubes
  • Paper towel tubes
• Six-pack and 12-pack cartons/boxes
• Soap/facial tissue boxes

Please keep paper products post-card sized or bigger

• Blueprints
• Brochures/pamphlets
• Computer printouts
• Fax paper
• File folders

• • Manila or pastel-colored only

• Greeting cards
• Index cards
• Letterhead
• Memos and sticky notes

• • pastel-colored, NO fluorescent or neon colors

• Legal pad paper

• • pastel-colored

• Slick/glossy ads and brochures
• Stationery and letters
• White and pastel-colored paper and envelopes
  • No need to remove window from envelopes

Containers must be emptied and rinsed before recycling

• Aluminum cans

• • Do not crush or flatten

• Aluminum foil

• • Shape foil into balls 2 inches or larger

• Aluminum food trays
• Glass bottles & jars

• • Labels are okay
  • Remove and recycle metal lids/caps
  • Avoid breaking glass.

• Mason jars
• Steel/tin cans

• • Labels are okay
  • Pinch the open end of cans slightly
  • Do not crush or flatten

• Empty aerosol cans
• Paper-based food and beverage cartons

• • Do not flatten

• Paper-based drink boxes

• • Do not flatten

Containers must be emptied and rinsed before recycling

NO plastic bags

• #1PETE, #2 HDPE, #5 PP bottles, tubs, jugs and jars
• #5 sturdy souvenir cups
• Water/soda bottles

• • Attach plastic screw-top caps

• Laundry detergent bottles
• Shampoo bottles
• Soap bottles
• Vitamin bottles
• Medication bottles

• • Must be larger than 2 inches in diameter

• Milk jugs
• Yogurt tubs
• Berry containers

• • Remove liner

• #1PETE, #2 HDPE, #5 PP Clamshell containers
• Plastic tub lids
• Plastic flowerpots
• Hard plastic four and six-pack holders
• Plastic lawn toys

• • Remove metal axels
  • All materials MUST fit in curbside bin

• Plastic crates
• Buckets

• • Metal handles are okay

If these items are not reusable, please place them in the trash.

• Plastic-coated paper products
• Hard cover books (recycle at Eco-Cycle CHaRM facility)
• Thermal fax paper
• Receipts
• Wrapping paper containing foil coating or glitter
• Sheets of address labels or stickers
• Kraft or Tyvek envelopes
• Pet food/charcoal/fertilizer bags
• Frozen food container boxes
• Carbon paper
• Photographs
• Wrapping & tissue paper
• Facial tissues/napkins
• Paper towels
• Waxed paper
• Paper plates
• Paper cups
• “Neon” fluorescent or dark-colored paper
• Construction paper
• Shredded paper

If these items are not reusable or are broken, please throw them in the trash.

• #3 PVC, #6 PS, #7 PC plastic items
• Block foam packaging (recycle #6 white block foam at the Eco-Cycle CHaRM facility)
• Plastic cups (e.g. Solo cups)
• Compostable serviceware
• Foam to-go containers
• Flattened cans and containers

• • Items must be 3-dimensional or “round”

• Frozen food containers
• Drink pouches/straws
• Ceramics (can be recycled at the Eco-Cycle CHaRM facility)
• Vases
• Dishes
• Drinking glasses (can be recycled at the Eco-Cycle CHaRM facility)
• Incandescent light bulbs
• LED light bulbs (can be recycled at the Hazardous Materials Management Facility)
• Fluorescent tubes, including CFLs (compact fluorescent light), should be taken to the Hazardous Materials Management Facility
• Mirrors
• Window or auto glass
• Empty plastic motor oil bottles
• Plastic film/Cling wrap
• Plastic bags. If bags are clean, dry, and empty they can be recycled at most grocery stores or at Eco-Cycle’s CHaRM (Center for Hard to Recycle Materials)
• Plastic lotion/toothpaste tubes