Re-cycling Guidelines
NOTE: THE CITY NOW ACCEPTS PLASTICS 1-7
(No Plastic Bags-plastic bags can only be recycled at selected area grocery stores)
(No Styrofoam-there is not currently a market to recycle this product which must be disposed of in the trash)
Paper In general:
“Tear it, Recycle it”
· Place in paper bag beside or on top of bin
· No plastic bags
· Make sure all recyclables are clean (no dirty take-out containers, pizza box tops, etc.)
· Tie newspaper and cardboard with twine or place in paper bags
· Remove all liners from boxes
· Occasional staples, clasps or paper clips are OK
· Plastic windows are OK
· Wet is OK (e.g. rain). ~Dry is preferred since wet is heavy to pick up.
Containers
· Place glass bottles & jars, metal cans, plastics, plastic juice and milk jugs in bin (clean and remove lids)
· No paint or aerosol cans
· No motor oil containers or plastic bags
· All containers can be placed together in the same bin.
Notes:
If you need a bin or additional bins you may purchase them for $7.00
at Crosby’s Marketplace (109 Canal Street), Winer Bros Hardware (86 Lafayette), or at the DPS building, 5 Jefferson Avenue. For more information please call 978-744-3302.
There is no limit to the number of re-cycle bins you can use
Recycling – Do’s & Don’ts
Arranged Alphabetically
Paper: Do Recycle
Bags (paper not plastic)
Bills & invoices
Books – paperback or hardback with cover removed
Boxboard – cereal, cake mix, butter and other boxes (liners removed from all boxes)
Calendars - metal spirals ok, plastic are not
Cash register receipts
Catalogues
Checks
Computer paper
Copier paper
Corrugated cardboard
(3’ x 3’ flattened and tied)
Egg cartons-paper and plastic
Envelopes (if it tears)
FAX paper
File folders
Gift boxes - not if they are foil covered
Gift wrap rolls
Gift wrap (if it tears, but no foil wrap)
Grocery bags (paper)
Index cards
Junk mail (if it tears)
Kraft Paper
Labels
Light bulb boxes
Magazines
Mail (if it tears)
Manila folders
Newspapers
Office paper (any color)
Pamphlets
Paper towel rolls
Paperback books
Paperboard (Cereal, cracker, pasta boxes etc. with liners removed)
Paper grocery bags (white or brown)
Punched (computer) cards
Report folders
Receipts
Shoe boxes
Tissue boxes
Tissue paper
Toilet paper rolls
Telephone books
Wrapping paper
Paper Don’t Recycle
Books – hardbound
Juice, milk & drink cartons-wax coated or foil lined
Envelopes made of Tyvekor Mylar (can’t be torn)
Food (don’t leave food inboxes or bags)
Ice cream or sherbet cartons (wax coated)
Juice boxes and cartons (wax coated)
Notebook – wire or spiral bound
Paper or cardboard soiled with food (example: pizza box lid with cheese on it)
Photographs
Plastic bags
Take-out food containers
Wrapping paper made of plastic, mylar or foil
Foil lined boxes with liquids, i.e. soup
Round foil lined boxes that nuts or cocoa come in
Waxy Boxes
COMINGLED CONTAINERS RECYCLING GUIDELINES
DO Recycle These: Make sure all items are well cleaned
Glass Bottles
(Food containers - any color – please rinse well)
Beer bottles
Condiment bottles (mustard, olives, relish, etc)
Cooking oil bottles
Drink bottles
Karo syrup bottles
Liquor bottles
Mayonnaise bottles
Salsa bottles
Salad dressing bottles
Vinegar bottles
Metal
(Cans and aluminum – please rinse well)
Aluminum foil (clean)
Beer cans
Beverage cans
Cookie tin
Metal bottle lids
Pie plate (clean)
Soda cans
Soup cans
Vegetable & fruit cans
Plastic (THE CITY NOW ACCEPTS PLASTICS 1 - 7)
(Except PLASTIC BAGS & styrofoam - plastic bags can only be recycled at selected area grocery stores)
All beverage bottles
All bottles with necks
Bathroom (shampoo, mouthwash)
Containers – please rinse well
Cups (no Styrofoam)
Household cleaners (dish detergent, glass & kitchen cleaners)
Kitchen (Cooking Oil, ketchup, mustard, syrup)
Laundry (detergent, bleach, fabric softener)
Milk, juice & water jugs (caps can be left on once they are cleaned)
Plates
Soap bottles
Sherbet tubs
Tub lids
Yogurt containers
DON’T Recycle These
Glass that is NOT Recyclable
Auto glass
Broken glass from picture frame
Light bulbs
Mirrors
Pyrex
Tableware
Vases
Window glass
Metal that is NOT Recyclable
Auto parts (no oil, gas, or other fluids)
Bike parts
Hangers
Lawn mowers
Nuts & Bolts
Pipes
Radiators
Shelving
Swing sets
Tools (hammer, shovel, rake, etc)
Plastic that is NOT recyclable
Containers with hazardous contents (e.g. motor oil)
Plastic Bags
Styrofoam
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