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One recycling bin is provided to each home that desires to participate in the recycling program. The following is a list of items that are accepted and how they should be prepared for recycling:
Plastic
- Soda, milk, detergent, shampoo and small-mouth bottles marked #1 - #7
- Labels do not need to be removed. Rinse and flatten container.
Glass
- Clear, brown, green and blue glass bottles and jars in which food products are packaged.
- Labels do not need to be removed. Rinse container.
Paper
- White paper: computer or copy paper; white paper tablets, adding machine tape
- Folders: manila or colored
- Mail: letters, brochures, advertisements, magazines up to one inch thick
- Correspondence: legal pads, white or color, "sticky notes', index cards, faxes
- Envelopes: With windows or labels, colored and coated
- Shredded paper: place in clear plastic bags
- Cardboard: Broken down, 2' X 2'
- Newspaper: Including all advertising inserts
- Paperboard: Cereal, cake mix, cracker boxes, beverage boxes, gift boxes
- Other: Brown envelopes, egg cartons, brown grocery bags, telephone books
Aluminum
- Aluminum and bi-metal beverage cans, steel food/tin cans, empty aerosol cans
- Labels do not need to be removed. Rinse and flatten containers.
The following items are not accepted in the recycling bin:
- Bottle caps or styrofoam
- Margarine or desert tubs
- Plastic bags of any type
- Motor oil containers
- Fast food containers and cups
- Plastic or metal lids
- Drinking glasses
- Light bulbs
- Broken glass or windowpanes
- Pizza boxes
- Milk cartons
- Wax coated beverage containers
- Paper plates and cups
- Napkins or facial tissue
- Books, hard cover or paperback
- Styrofoam egg cartons
- Paint cans
- Coat hangers
- Steel scrap
- Household batteries
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