Isabella County RECYCLING GUIDE

MATERIALS ACCEPTABLE ITEMS HOW TO PREPARE UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS NEWSPAPER  Newspaper print  No preparaon 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  Towel Roll NO pizza boxes BROWN BAGS  Tissue Box  Flaen NO wax coated or  Corrugated Box boxes

 Any Color  Place in ed clear or white plasc NO glossy fax paper OFFICE PAPER  Scky Notes bag NO carbon paper

 Envelopes (No windows) NO windowed envelopes

CO‐MINGLE CONTAINER ITEMS (Glass, plasc, aluminum & n) Group the materials together MATERIALS ACCEPTABLE ITEMS HOW TO PREPARE UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS CLEAR GLASS  Jars or boles  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 & Flaen NO plasc bags

PLASTIC BOTTLES AND JUGS  Detergent or Shampoo  Discard lids NO oil or anfreeze  Water boles  Remove all metal pieces /handles  Sports drink boles  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 & Plasc lid electronics boxes. Cor- Light Bulbs rugated cardboard Drink cartons (please flatten)

Paper: White & Color. Mail, office, school , 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 Baeries 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 Plasc Bags of any Kind (with Metals: the excepon of a “see‐through bag” to Media: Aerosol cans. contain shredded paper—see le side of Newspaper, Metal food cans. this under paper.) including Aluminum glossy inserts. trays, and Magazines, foil (rinsed, no Phonebooks, need to re- Catalogs, soft move labels)