Recycling Guidelines

RECYCLING GUIDELINES

Republic Services will be providing you a 65-gallon recycling container to place and store your recyclables for collection day. Set your recycling material at the curb, next to your trash on the regular collection day in your area. It is only necessary to place your recyclables out at the curb when your container is full. Many times, this can be done “every-other” week.

Follow These Simple Steps

Collect your GLASS, PLASTIC & METAL NEWSPAPER AND OLD CORRUGATED recyclables and place them together in CONTAINERS (OCC) your bin. Newspapers should be placed in brown GLASS paper bags to contain them from All food and beverage containers made blowing on collection day. Old of glass can be recycled, regardless of corrugated containers (OCC) should be color. Simply remove the cap, rinse cut down to fit in the container. If you’re them and place in the bin. No need to placing it outside the container, after remove labels. Please, no herbicide or cutting it down into squares, secure pesticide containers, window glass, light with a string or masking tape. OCC or bulbs, mirrors or ceramics. cardboard that is lined with foil, plastic, wax coated, soiled or wet should be PLASTIC All Food and Beverage containers and included with the trash as these other plastics with the #1 thru #7 printed types of materials will contaminate the on the bottom can be recycled. Again, good paper products. Other items that please rinse and place in your bin. should be excluded from your Motor oil, antifreeze, pesticide and recyclables are food service paper and herbicide containers should be placed cups plates. in your trash when empty.

ALUMINUM AND STEEL CANS ITEMS THAT ARE NOT A PART Rinse all metal food and beverage OF THIS PROGRAM containers and place them in your bin. Removing labels is not required. For Aerosol Cans Light Bulbs added space in your cart, consider Batteries Mirrors cutting tops and bottoms out and Pyrex Oil/Paint flattening the cans. Hazardous Chemicals Window panes Ceramics Windshields MILK & FOOD CARTONS Crystal Metal Caps These cartons usually contain milk, Tires Clothes cream, and a variety of food items. Glass Doors Wood Rinse all coated cartons and place in Contaminated Food Containers recycle bin. Car and machinery parts