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PAPER

PLASTIC

METAL

GLASS Put these materials in your Recycle blue recycling container: PAPER HARD PLASTIC (NO FOAM) Cardboard (please break down) Bottles (leave caps on) Cereal boxes (remove plastic liner) Coffee cup lids Office paper, junk mail, sticky notes, magazines Cups, Jars and Jugs Clean pizza boxes Tubs, lids, clamshells, containers Newspaper METAL Egg cartons (paper or plastic, no foam) Aluminum cans Empty paper milk cartons Aluminum foil or trays (clean off all food; Empty soup and juice boxes (aseptic containers) ball foil into softball size) Envelopes (windows OK) Steel and tin cans Packing or craft paper GLASS Paper bags Glass bottles and jars only (lids off) Shredded paper (place in a clear plastic bag) Wrapping paper (non-metallic)

Recycle Tips Unacceptable Items

Paper towels, napkins or tissues (consider composting)

0” .5” 1” 1.5” 2” 2.5” Polystyrene or foam Break down boxes Anything less than 2.5” in diameter cannot be recycled Plastic bags and other soft plastics (return to local grocery or retail store)

Food scraps and yard waste (consider composting)

Recyclables must be free Electronics (return to local Paper: If you can rip it, electronics store) of food, grease and liquids you can recycle it

Batteries (return to local electronics or hardware store)

Light bulbs (return to local Do Not Bag hardware store) Recyclables Large scrap metal or car parts (take to local scrap yard)

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