Reference guide for recyclable materials
Green Team
Acceptable
Not Acceptable
Paper
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Newspapers (with inserts)
Magazines & Catalogs
Junk mail
Cardboard & paperboard boxes
(includes cereal & frozen food boxes)
Corrugated cardboard
Computer printouts
Colored paper
Cardstock
Office paper
Envelopes
Brown paper bags
Books (includes paperbacks, textbooks
& hardbacks
Wrapping paper
 Styrofoam (cups, plates, bowls, foam
packing material)
 Materials contaminated with
food/grease
 Used paper towels, tissues, paper
plates & cups
 Metallic wrapping paper
 Wax paper
 Laminated paper
 Candy & food wrappers
 Colored plastic bags
 Loose plastic film
 Plastic cutlery
 Non-container glass (cookware, glass
plates)
Non-Paper
 #1-- #7 Plastic containers (rinse clean)
 Aluminum food & beverage containers
(rinse clean)
 Steel/tin cans (includes soup &
vegetable cans), (rinse clean)
 Aseptic/gable top milk & juice cartons
(rinse clean)
 Aluminum foil
 Aluminum pie pans
 Glass containers (includes jars &
bottles)
 Aerosol cans (empty)
Where do we put the acceptable
recyclables?
There will be two trash cans
labeled “recycled items only” next to the
cabinet that holds the “Lost and Found”
items. If the “recycled items only” cans
are full, go to the main office and ask for a
custodian to help empty them.