Isabella County RECYCLING GUIDE
MATERIALS ACCEPTABLE ITEMS HOW TO PREPARE UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS NEWSPAPER Newspaper print No prepara on needed NO material bound with string or twine MAGAZINES Glossy flyers / inserts CATALOGS
Dry Food Boxes Remove liners, metal strips, & cel- NO refrigerated or frozen food boxes BOXBOARD Shoe Box lophane NO laundry soap boxes CARDBOARD Paper Towel Roll NO pizza boxes BROWN BAGS Tissue Box Fla en NO wax coated cartons or Corrugated Box boxes
Any Color Place in ed clear or white plas c NO glossy fax paper OFFICE PAPER S cky Notes bag NO carbon paper
Envelopes (No windows) NO windowed envelopes
CO‐MINGLE CONTAINER ITEMS (Glass, plas c, aluminum & n) Group the materials together MATERIALS ACCEPTABLE ITEMS HOW TO PREPARE UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS CLEAR GLASS Jars or bo les Clean NO window or plate glass
Food and Beverage contain- Remove lids and rings NO light bulbs ers NO Pyrex, ceramic, or oth- Recycle metal lids er dishware
Milk jugs Clean & Fla en NO plas c bags
PLASTIC BOTTLES AND JUGS Detergent or Shampoo Discard lids NO oil or an freeze Water bo les Remove all metal pieces /handles Sports drink bo les Look for this symbol
with #1 thru #7 inside the symbol
Food and Beverage contain- Clean NO aluminum bags er ALUMINUM Remove all paper/covering NO aluminum wrappers Pie or food tray
Foil TIN (STEEL) Food and Beverage contain- Clean NO paint cans er Remove all paper/covering Empty Aerosol cans
Glass jar lids Isbellacounty.org /recycles 989.773.9631
Cardboard: Corrugated & Box- Plastic: Plastic bottles with a neck, I Not Recycable at the MRF or Curbside board including: soda bottles, milk and water jugs, Boxes from cereal, and laundry product containers (throw away crackers, pasta, caps, lids, pumps, plastic rings, rinse and cake mix, tooth- flatten), Buckets— remove metal handle. paste, medications, Plastics 1 thru 7 are accepted toiletries etc.
(remove the plastic lin- ers and flatten). Shoe boxes, gift boxes & Plas c lid electronics boxes. Cor- Light Bulbs rugated cardboard Drink cartons (please flatten)
Paper: White & Color. Mail, office, school papers, including envelopes—please re- move plastic window, sticky notes, and card stocks—no need to remove tape or staples. File fold- ers and note Brown, Green or Blue Glass books—no need to Clear Glass Ba eries of any kind remove the metal Glass: spirals. For Curbside bottles and jars (throw away lids and caps, rinse). Pizza Boxes please place all paper in a “see through” Bag. At the MRF, shredded paper should be con- Recycle metal lids. tained in a “see –through bag”. No Plas c Bags of any Kind (with Metals: the excep on of a “see‐through bag” to Media: Aerosol cans. contain shredded paper—see le side of Newspaper, Metal food Newsprint cans. this page under paper.) including Aluminum glossy inserts. trays, and Magazines, foil (rinsed, no Phonebooks, need to re- Catalogs, soft move labels)