What should go in your recycle container?

• Paper – junk mail, newsprint, magazines, printing paper, fiberboard boxes, phone books, etc.
• Cardboard
• Plastic containers labeled #1 – #7
• Glass bottles or jars
• Steel or aluminum cans

Do Not Recycle

• Aluminum: pots and pans, cooking utensils, door screens, lawn furniture
• Glass: medicine bottles, dishes, drinking glasses, windows and mirrors, cookware (such as Pyrex or Corningware)
• Metal: tools, car parts, license plates, cutlery
• Paper: shredded paper, paper packaging with wax layer such as in juice boxes or waxed cardboard
• Plastic: plastic bags, pool chemical bottles, motor oil and antifreeze containers, household chemical waste containers, flower pots (except black #2), medicine vials, egg cartons, polystyrene trays, newspaper sleeves, Styrofoam
• Rubber: hoses, tubing
• Clothing
• Food scraps
• Toys

Please note that most grocery stores have a recycling container to return clean plastic bags as well as Styrofoam egg cartons and clean meat trays.​