Recycling

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