Our “Line-up”
Corrugated and Brown Bags – remove
all foam and break down boxes please.
Corrugated and Brown Bags – remove
all foam and break down boxes please.
Mixed Paper and Boxboard – not
corrugated or brown bags.
Newspaper and Magazines – no
brown paper please!
Cans that held food or beverage
only. All other cans go as scrap.
Last year, residents of MCSW recycled over
1,000 tons of material with a total value of
about $75,000. If it was thrown out, as so much
still is, it would have cost us about $96,000 in
tipping and hauling fees. Revenues we receive
each year from recycling go towards covering
labor costs and helps to keep jobs local. Please
try to be efficient in your recycling. Develop a
plan according to our bin arrangement.
We have hired extra help this year because of
the difficulty some folks have telling corrugated
cardboard from steel cans and number
plastic from number
. The cardboard and
the steel can issue leave little to explain; please
care.
The plastic numbers are a little more of a
challenge. Number 2 plastic,
, is of two
varieties; “colored” and “natural”. Natural
number 2 has the highest value because,
without dye in it, it can be used for a much
greater variety of products the second time
around. The colored number 2 is as easily used,
but only to make products and containers that
are black. The difference per ton of plastic is
several hundred dollars!
Discerning the plastic number (which indicates
the chemical resin) can be more of a challenge.
HDPE Milk and Water jugs. No color
added to plastic. It looks grey.
Colored HDPE Plastic only. Look on
Look for the
(triangle) with a number (1 to
7) in it. Please put articles with
on the
bottom in the appropriate number 2 bin. All
others should go as mixed plastic EXCEPT NO
STYRO FOAM! There is no market for foam
products. Simple as that!
the bottom for
Mixed Plastics
(NO Styrofoam!)
Colored Jars
Clear Jars
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Returnable Bottles for
Lions
There is also confusion over steel and aluminum
cans v. scrap metal. They are not the same in
any way. The reason we continue to get paid a
premium for cans is because they are a known
composition (alloy). Non food containers and
scrap are not consistent alloys and truly mess
up the process!
The more we have to pick through improperly
deposited recyclables, the more it costs you in
the long run. Please take the few minutes to
prepare and recycle properly. Thank you!