For Residents that have a curbside recycling service, this is collected by your waste hauler and transported to a recycling processor, where it is sorted at a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) ready to be sent to re-processors who will remanufacture it into new products. Items that can be placed in your curbside totes include:
Plastics:
- Leaving the caps, rings, and labels on plastic soda and water bottles is ok!
- Recycle shampoo, conditioner, lotion and other cosmetics bottle and tubes.
- Butter tubs, yogurt tubs and other plastic food containers are all recyclable.
- Detergent bottles and even spray bottles can be tossed in your recycle cart!
- Milk jugs and other beverage containers are recyclable.
Paper
- Recycle your daily or weekly newspaper and all of the inserts as well
- Magazines, catalogs and TV guides can all be tossed in your recycling cart too.
- White, printer paper and colored paper of all colors and thickness is accepted.
- Envelopes we accept: white letter, colored, manilla and even window envelopes
- We accept paperback books - those books which have a soft outer cover.
Boxes:
- Shipping, storage and shoe boxes can all be made into new cardboard.
- Toss your empty cereal boxes into your cart with your other recyclables.
- We now accept juice and milk cartons and soup and wine boxes.
- Empty pasta and food boxes are recyclable forma of paperboard
not just the cans are recyclable: recycle the package for soda 12 or 24 packs too!
Metals
- Aluminum, tin, and steel cans can all be recycled with the lids and labels still on.
- Soda cans do not need to be crushed, just toss them in your cart.
- Aerosol cans such as hairspray and spray paint are hazardous to landfills, recycle them!
- Cat food and tuna cans can also be recycled with their lids and labels on.
- Aluminum bottles can be tossed in your cart with caps, rings, and labels on as well.
