What To Recycle for Residents

Paper & Cardboard

Paper:

• Newspapers, magazines, catalogs

• White and colored paper (including lined, copier, and computer paper; staples are acceptable)

• Mail and envelopes (any color; window envelopes are acceptable)

• Paper bags

• Wrapping paper

• Soft-cover books (such as paperbacks and comics; no spiral bindings), telephone books

Cardboard:

• Cardboard egg cartons and trays

• Smooth cardboard (such as food and shoes boxes, tubes, file folders, and cardboard from product packaging)

• Pizza boxes; remove and discard soiled liner, and recycle plastic supporter in your blue bin

• Paper cups (waxy lining is acceptable if the cups are empty and clean; plastic lids go in the blue bin)

• Corrugated cardboard boxes, flattened and tied

Not Accepted:

• Paper with heavy wax or plastic coating (such as candy wrappers, and take-out containers)

• Soiled or soft paper

• Hardcover books

Metal, Glass, Plastic & Cartons

Empty and rinse containers before recycling.

Metal:

• Metal cans (including soup and pet food cans, empty aerosol cans, dried-out paint cans)

• Aluminum foil wrap and trays

• Metal caps and lids

• Household metal (such as wire hangers, pots, tools, curtain rods, knives, small appliances that are mostly metal, and certain vehicle license plates)

• Bulk metal (such as large metal items like furniture, cabinets, and large appliances)

Glass:

• Glass bottles

• Glass jars

Plastic & rigid plastic:

• Plastic bottles, jugs, and jars

• Rigid plastic caps and lids

• Rigid plastic food containers (such as yogurt, deli, or hummus containers; dairy tubs, cookie tray inserts, " clamshell " containers, and other plastic take-out containers)

• Rigid plastic non-food containers

• Rigid plastic packaging (such as " blister-pack " and " clamshell " consumer packaging, acetate boxes)

• Rigid plastic housewares (such as flower pots, mixing bowls, and plastic appliances)

• Bulk rigid plastic (like crates, buckets, pails, furniture, large toys, and large appliances)

Cartons:

• Food and beverage cartons (such as cartons for soy milk and soup)

• Drink boxes

• Aseptic packaging

Not Accepted:

• Batteries (remove before recycling toys and small appliances)

• Plastic bags, wrappers, pouches, squeeze tubes, foam