Simple Dual Stream Recycling Curbside!
- Metal and glass in one bin
- Plastic and Paper in the other bin
- Corrugated Cardboard is flattened and put vertically between the bins on collection day!
Bin 1: Glass and Metal
- Aluminum
- Empty & Rinse
- Crushing cans saves space
- Tin Cans
- Glass (Any Color)
- Batteries
- Keep Dry
- put in a seal-able container like an old plastic peanut butter jar or a zip lock bag
- NOT Accepted
- NO Foil
- No Pie Plates
- NO Aluminum Pans
Bin 2: Plastic & Paper
#1 & #2 PLASTIC BOTTLES ONLY
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- Plastic Bottles #1
- Must be bottle shaped
- Any Color
- Examples soda or water bottles
- No Lids or Caps
- Rinse well enough you would drink out of it
- Plastic Bottles #2
- Must be bottle shaped
- Examples milk or cleaner bottles
- Rinse well enough you would drink out of it
- Crushing plastics saves significant space in your bins
- Not Acceptable Plastics
- NO Non-bottle shaped plastics
- NO Tubs
- NO Lids or Caps
- NO Plastic Grocery Bags or Bubble Wrap
- NO Motor Oil Bottles
- NO #3-#7 Plastics
PAPER
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- Newspaper
- Must be Dry
- Must be free of coupons and non-newspaper
- Office Paper
- examples white copy paper & non-windowed envelopes
- Must be dry
- Must be free of any contamination
- please put newspaper in a separate bag and place the bag IN the bin.
- NOT Accepted
- NO Wet Material
- NO Contamination
- NO Phone Books
- NO Magazines
- NO Catalogs
- NO Books
- NO Packing Paper
- NO Shredded Paper
- NO Coupons
- NO Paper Bags
- NO Staples
- NO Paper Clips
- NO Junk Mail with Film Laminated To Paper
- NO Sticky Notes
Corrugated Cardboard
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- Also known as O.C.C. (Old Corrugated Containers)
- Acceptable Guidelines
- Must be corrugated (tear the side, needs to have a wavy interior, see image below)
- Must be Dry
- Must be free of any other type of material and/or packing
- NOT Accepted
- No Cereal boxes
- No Greyboard
- No waxy boxes
- No Carton or Separators
- No Egg Cartons
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