Recycling Overview	Curbside Recycling	DOC Recycling

Curbside Recycling

Co-mingled in Blue Bag or Recycling Bin

Plastic Bottles With a Neck - Check for the Neck!

Examples:

Clear & colored plastic bottles with a neck – Plastic soda bottles – up to 3 liter
Milk & water jugs – up to 1 gallon only
Detergent bottles
Bleach bottles
Personal care product bottles

Preparation

Discard caps
Empty and rinse

Items NOT Accepted

Bottles larger than 1 gallon
Car oil bottles
Plastic food wrap
Plastic grocery bags
Plastic toys
Pool chemical bottles (save for HHW collection events)
Tubs, buckets or pails
Plastics containers without a neck (#3-#7)

Glass Food & Beverage Containers

Examples

Glass jars
Glass bottles
Clear, green and/or brown food & beverage glass

Preparation

Empty and rinse
Remove lids
Leave labels on
Do not break glass

Items NOT Accepted

Drinking glasses
Pyrex
Light bulbs
Ceramics
Window glass
Mirror glass

Metal Food & Beverage Containers

Examples

Soup cans
Pet food cans
Aluminum soda cans
Beer cans
Pie plates
Tuna fish cans

Preparation

Empty and rinse
Do not flatten
Leave labels on
Leave lids on

Items NOT Accepted

Toasters
Pots
Frying pans
Coat hangers (return to local dry cleaners)

Bundled and Tied – Do Not Place in Blue Bags!

Newspapers and Inserts

Examples

Newsprint
Newspapers
All inserts delivered with newspapers

Preparation

Bundle and tie, or
Place in brown paper bags
DO NOT PUT NEWSPAPERS IN BLUE BAGS OR PLASTIC BAGS!

Items NOT Accepted

Phone books (Recycle at phone company drop bins)
Junk mail
Books

Magazines and Catalogs

Examples

Magazines and inserts
Glossy mail order catalogs

Preparation

Bundle and tie or
Place in brown paper bags
DO NOT PUT MAGAZINES IN BLUE BAGS OR PLASTIC BAGS

Items NOT Accepted

Phone books (Recycle at phone company drop bins)
Junk mail
Books

Corrugated Cardboard

Examples

Double walled cardboard
Shipping cartons

Preparation

Cardboard must be clean
Empty carton and flatten
Tie in bundles no larger than 3 feet by 3 feet

Items NOT Accepted

Waxed cardboard
Shoe boxes
Pizza boxes
Gift boxes
Cereal boxes

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