NEWSPAPERS • Newspaper Newspapers must be bundled and tied • Inserts that come w/newspapers, such with string or twine. Shredded paper as comics, glossy coupons, must be in clear or labeled plastic bags. TV/magazine sections & colored food/store ads GLASS BOTTLES, ALL PLASTIC BOTTLES • Glass bottles (all colors) #1 - #7 Examples: Water, soda, milk, & CONTAINERS (#1 - #7 ), STEEL, • Glass jars (all colors) juice, soap, detergent, bleach, BIMETAL & ALUMINUM CANS These • Steel cans shampoo and cleaning-agent bottles. items should be rinsed thoroughly and • Bimetal cans You may also include peanut butter, placed inside your recycling bucket. Only • Aluminum cans yogurt and diaper-wipe containers, margarine tubs, plastic trays and the items listed at right are acceptable. • All plastic bottles and clear plastic clamshell containers Crush all plastic bottles to save space. containers #1 - #7 from restaurant salad bars. Remove caps. NO STYROFOAM® OTHER PAPER/JUNK MAIL • Magazines • Catalogs Other paper should be placed in a brown • Writing/school paper • Phone books paper bag or cardboard box and placed • All envelopes • Store fliers w/mailing labels next to your blue bucket. • Copy paper • Office paper • Paperback books • Non-metallic gift wrap • Hardcover books • Greeting cards w/hard covers removed CORRUGATED CARDBOARD, • Corrugated cardboard • Tissue boxes CHIPBOARD & PIZZA BOXES • Pizza boxes (clean!) • Paper towel rolls Corrugated cardboard must be cut into • Brown bags 2 ft. x 2 ft. squares and tied with string or • Chipboard boxes including: twine. Please include pizza boxes & cereal, cookie, pasta, cake, cracker, chipboard with corrugated cardboard. detergent (remove plastic liners), Place tied bundle (pizza boxes, chipboard gift, shoe, shirt and any retail & cardboard) next to your recycling boxes. Poster board & backing bucket. from writing pads also accepted. Recyclables are the property of Somerset County when placed at the curb. Please notify your local police department or the Somerset County Recycling Center if anyone other than county employees remove recyclables from your curb. Theft of recyclable materials is illegal. WHAT NOT TO RECYCLE CURBSIDE... PLASTIC: Un-numbered plastics • Microwave trays • Plastic bags • Motor oil and antifreeze bottles • Plastic toys Plastic cups, plates, knives, forks, spoons • Plastic flower pots • Beer balls • Pesticide containers • Paper plates Plastic coat hangers • Plastic drums & crates • Styrofoam® 5-gallon buckets (spackle & paint containers) Please do not mix Pool chemical containers • Plastic caps • Prescription bottles garbage in with your PAPER: Waxed paper • Tissue paper • Napkins • Paper towels • Frozen food boxes • Cups recyclables. Make sure all Metallic & plastic-coated paper • Paper with metal objects (file folders, binders, etc.) recyclables are as clean SCRAP METAL: Refrigerators • Air Conditioners • De-humidifers • Humidifiers as possible to deter FIRE EXTINGUISHERS: Bring to Household Hazardous Waste Days BATTERIES: Alkaline go in garbage • Bring rechargeable & button-cell batteries to Household Hazardous Waste Days pests & odors. TEXTILES: Take clothing, linens, drapes and other textiles to any local nonprofit collection bin.