Acceptable Recycling Material List
Material
Newspaper,
Magazines, Catalogs
Include
Includes ads,
inserts, phone
books, and
paperbacks
Keep Out
No rubber bands or
plastic bags
Scrap and Shredded
Paper
Junk mail,
envelopes, office
papers, greeting
cards, paper egg
cartons, paper
tubes, wrapping
paper and cereal
boxes. Put
shredded paper in a
paper bag.
No bath tissue,
paper towels
freezer boxes,
coffee cups or
paper coated with
food wax, foil or
plastic.
Cardboard
Flattened
cardboard boxes
No wax-coated
cardboard or food
residue
Milk Cartons, Drink
Boxes
Rinse clean
No plastic straws
Plastic Bottles &
Tubs
Only #1 & #2
designated
recyclable plastic
bottles - labels
OK
No plastic lids,
trays, bags, takeout boxes or motor
oil, pesticides or
herbicide
containers
Aluminum Foil
Crumples into
loosely packed balls
No food residue
Aluminum, tin,
empty and nontoxic aerosol cans,
steel food and
beverage cans.
Rinse food cans –
labels OK
No plastic caps. Do
not flatten or
puncture cans or
remove nozzles
All Colors - labels
OK
No Lids
Metal & Aerosol
Cans
Glass