SORTING GUIDE For Households in Westmorland and Albert Counties

RECYCLABLES – BLUE BAG Collected every second week (alternate with Clear Garbage bag) Metals & Cardboard Other Items

Aerosol Cans (empty) Books & Bristol Board Fast Food & Paper Bags Bottles (caps off ) Electronics – Calculators, Aluminum (pie plates, foil, etc.) Boxboard Fast Food Boxes & Pizza Boxes Containers (covers off ) cell phones, small kitchen Bottles & Cans (, tin Boxes File Folders Cups & Dishes appliances, etc. & aluminum) Cardboard Flyers Hard Packaging Containers Cards & Catalogues Newspaper & Magazines Jugs Frozen Juice Cans Pots & Pans Cereal Boxes Phone Books Medicine Bottles (empty) Lids, Covers Utensils Coff ee Cups Plates & Cups Milk & Juice Jugs Milk & Juice Cartons Drink Trays Posters Styrofoam (meat trays, cups, Egg Cartons Sticky Notes Hard Plastics numbered: plates, etc.) Envelopes Wrapping Paper 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7

Plastic Bags (Clean & Dry) – Grocery and other plastic Pizza Boxes – Remove any crusts or le over cheese and place the box in the shopping bags, bread bags, Blue Recyclables bag and the paper in the Clear Garbage bag. clean re-sealable food storage Tips & Food Containers – Empty and quickly rinse metal and plastic containers with bags, etc. To prevent mechanical cold water; it only takes a second or two. As long as nothing will leak, drip or sorting equipment from getting Tricks spill out onto the rest of your recyclables, it’s clean enough for us! entangled, put all plastic bags Aluminum – Scrape off excess food and fold or crumple the dirty side in. in a single bag and tie it.

ORGANICS – GREEN BAG Collected every week

Food (including, but not limited to) Yard Other Items

Bones Fruits & Vegetables Grass Clippings Branches – 1-inch Napkins Coff ee Filters & Grounds Meats Leaves (2.54 cm) diameter or Paper Towels Cooking Grease Oil & Fat Plants, Flowers & Weeds less, bundled in 2'x2'x2' Tissues Dairy Products Rotten or Mouldy Food Sawdust & Wood Chips (0.6 x 0.6 x 0.6 m) bundles Tobacco Expired Food Shells (eggs, shellfi sh) Soil Fish & Shellfi sh Tea Bags Twigs Food & Le overs

Orange and Paper Bags – Although we prefer Compostable Transparent Bags – These Tips & Green Organics bags, orange and paper bags bags can be used for curbside if certifi ed under can be used for leaves and yard waste only. ASTM D 6400 or CAN/BNQ 0017-088 and have Tricks both of the following logos visible on the bags:

GARBAGE – CLEAR BAG Collected every second week (alternate with Blue Recyclables bag) Household Bathroom Kitchen

Balloons Footwear Pottery Baby Wipes Absorbent Pads (from meat tray) Binders Furnace Filters Rubber Bandages & Gauze Ceramic Dishes Board Games Latex & Rubber Gloves Sandpaper Brushes & Combs Chip Bags Candles Leather Silica Gel Packs Colostomy & Tube-Feeding Bags Cork Carbon Paper Light Bulbs (not CFLs) Sports Equipment Condoms Dish Cloths Cat Litter Markers & Crayons Stickers Cosmetics & Cosmetic Wipes Glass (bottles, jars, containers, etc.) Chalk Mirrors String & Tape Cotton Balls Granola & Candy Bar Wrappers Cigarette Butts Nylons Toys Cotton Swabs Parchment Paper Clothes, Linens & Sheets Pencils & Pens Transparencies Dental Floss Plastic Cutlery Dirt & Dust Pet Training or “Pee” Pads Vacuum Bags Diapers Plastic Packaging Disinfectant Wipes Pet Waste Vases Disposable Razors Plastic Wrap & Bubble Wrap Dryer Lint & Sheets Photos & Picture Frames Wallpaper Feminine Hygiene Products Rags Elastic Bands Pillows & Pillow Cases Yarn Toothpaste Tubes Rubber Gloves Fabric Towels Scouring Pads & Sponges Single-Use Coff ee Cups/Packets Diapers – They are preferred in the Clear Garbage bag, but may go in the Green Organics bag on weeks the So Plastic Clear Garbage bags are not collected. Straws Pet Waste – This is preferred in the Clear Garbage bag, but may go in the Green Organics bag if there is no Toothpicks Tips & plastic attached. Twist Ties Ropes, Cables, Wire – To prevent mechanical sorting equipment from becoming entangled and breaking, Water Filters & So ener Salt Tricks place these items in the Clear Garbage bag. Waxed Paper Wrappers So Plastic – Any soiled so plastic, cereal or cracker bags, chip and snack bags, stretch wrap/fi lm, so plastic packaging, so plastic wrap and cheese or sandwich meat packaging belong in the Clear Garbage bag.

Never put these items in your regular household waste; bring them to our Special Waste Depot at the Solid Waste Facility or visit our website for other disposal details. Other Waste

Tires – Return to retailer. Visit website or Household Hazardous Waste call for details. Acids Fertilizer Nail Polish & Remover Adhesives & Glue Flea Powder Oven Cleaner Construction & Demolition Waste, Aerosols (with contents) Gasoline & Diesel Fuel Paints Bulky Items & Ashes – Visit website or Antifreeze, Coolants & Glycol Herbicides & Fungicides Pesticides call for rates. Batteries (car & household) Kerosene Pool Chemicals Bleach Light Bulbs (CFL, fl uorescent Polish & Wax Butane Cartridges & LED) Propane Tank & Cylinders Car-Care Products Lighters (with contents) Rubbing Alcohol Caulking Medications & Prescriptions Rust Remover Chemicals & Cleaning Products Mercury (thermometers Solvents Computer Monitors & thermostats) Stains & Varnishes Cooking Oil Methanol & Mineral Spirits Syringes & Needles (in sharps container) Driveway Sealant Motor Oil & Filters

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