• Brown paper bags
• Magazines/catalogs
• Newspaper
• Phone books
• Paperback books (NO hardcover books)
• Notepads/spiral-bound notebooks (remove hard plastic covers)
• Construction paper (NO neon colors)

• Flattened cardboard boxes
• Cereal/cracker boxes
• Gift/shoe boxes
• Hanging file folders
• Paper egg cartons
• Paper tubes (e.g. paper towel tubes)
• Six-pack and 12-pack cartons/boxes
• Soap/facial tissue boxes

• Blueprints
• Brochures/pamphlets
• Computer printouts
• Fax paper
• File folders (manila or pastel-colored only)
• Greeting cards
• Index cards
• Letterhead
• Loose-leaf paper
• Memos and sticky notes (pastel colored, NO fluorescent colors)
• Legal pad paper (pastel-colored)
• Slick/glossy ads and brochures
• Stationery and letters
• White and pastel-colored paper and envelopes

Containers must be emptied and rinsed before recycling.

• Aluminum cans – do not crush or flatten cans.
• Aluminum foil – ball clean foil to 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.
• Empty aerosol cans
• Paper-based milk/soy 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 – plastic pumps are okay.
• Vitamin bottles
• Medication bottles
• Milk jugs
• Yogurt tubs
• Berry containers – remove liner.
• Clamshell containers
• Plastic tub lids
• Plastic flower pots
• 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.

• Plastic-coated paper products
• Hard cover books (recycle at the 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 (NO foil coating or glitter)
• Facial tissues/napkins
• Waxed paper
• Paper towels/plates/cups (NO plastic-coated products)
• “Neon” fluorescent or dark-colored paper
• Shredded paper (NO plastic-coated paper)

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

• #3 PVC, #6 PS, #7 PC plastic items
• Black plastic containers
• Block foam packaging (recycle #6 white block foam at the Eco-Cycle CHaRM facility)
• Plastic cups (e.g. Solo cups)
• Foam to-go containers
• Flattened cans and containers (items must be 3-dimensional or “round”)
• Frozen food containers
• Drink pouches/straws
• Ceramics
• Vases
• Dishes
• Drinking glasses
• Light bulbs
• 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 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)