• 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.

• 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
• #5 sturdy souvenir cups
• Berry containers – remove liner.
• Clamshell containers
• Sturdy take-out containers (NO Styrofoam)
• 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.

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

• 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)