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.