Taor ll small Recycle ‘em all! www.norfolkcounty.ca Begins in "Simple Sort" Norfolk County 2-Box Recycling Monday, May 2, 2011 See inside for important changes to Norfolk’s recycling program More Items Accepted Starting in May! (empty metal paint cans, empty metal aerosol containers, cardboard spiral cans with metal bottoms, Tetra Pak TM containers) See inside and back cover for details. Keep this useful sorting guide near your recycling! Existing SMALL Black or Blue Box for PAPER : Now for paper fibres such as newspapers, correspondence, boxboard, small cardboard boxes, and plastic bags, too. SPAmPaEllRBBlalacckkBBoox x Include How to Prepare NOT Accepted Household Paper correspondence • Do not place paper inside plastic or No gift wrapping paper. junk mail paper bags. Place loose in box. No paper beverage or take-out coffee cards • Place shredded paper (only) inside a cups. regular paper bags clear, firmly-tied plastic bag, or paper No coated paper bags (e.g. pet food office paper bag and roll or fold down the top; place bags). window and plain envelopes beside recycling boxes. No envelops with plastic bubble liners. pap erbacks and insides • Discard covers from hard-covered of ha rd-cover books books. Newspaper & newspapers • Place papers loose in box. Magazines flyers • Place heavier items over loose magazines newspapers and flyers. catalogues See below for plastic bags. phone books Paper Egg Cartons & paper egg cartons • No food residue. No waxed or coated boxes. Small Boxes small corrugated cardboard boxes • Flatten boxes. take-out beverage trays Boxboard boxes for cereal, tissues, pop, crackers, • Remove liners and trays. No milk or juice cartons, drink boxes laundry soap, toothpaste, pasta, etc. • Flatten and place inside another or Tetra Pak™ boxes in the paper box. shoe and gift boxes boxboard box. Place these in the tall container frozen pizza boxes recycling box. cores for paper towel and bathroom No paper beverage or take-out tissue rolls coffee cups. No foil-lined food container lids. No cardboard spiral containers (e.g. frozen juice, chilled dough) in the paper box. Place spirals in the tall container recycling box. Corrugated all corrugated cardboard including: • Remove leftover food and any paper No food residue, liners or plastic. Cardboard Boxes shipping and packing boxes liners. clean and empty pizza boxes • Remove wrap from cases of bottled water and pop (place with plastic bags, as directed below). • Flatten large boxes and tie in bundles no larger than 8” thick (20 cm) X 30” wide (78 cm) X 30” tall (78 cm). Staples and tape accepted. Place beside boxes. Plastic Bags retail and grocery shopping bags • Remove receipts and any food residue. No plastic wrap other than those types bread and frozen vegetable bags • Thoroughly rinse clean inner milk bags listed. outer milk bags (no milk residue). No chip or other foil bags. rinsed inner milk bags • Stuff all plastic bags into one bag and tie handles firmly. dry cleaning bags • Tuck the bag of bags into the plastic wrap from cases of toilet tissue, paper box. paper towels, bottled water and pop clean bubble wrap Simple Sort 2-Box Recycling begins: Monday, May 2, 2011 Items Now Accepted: Special instructions: • empty metal paint cans and empty • Place recyclables at the curb by 7 a.m. • Place large quantities of shredded paper aerosol containers on your recycling day. in a clear plastic bag and set beside • spiral cardboard containers • Extra recyclables that won’t fit into the the boxes. • Tetra Pak™ juice and beverage boxes paper or container box should be placed • On windy days, place newspapers in a in any similar size box and set out with grocery bag, leave untied and use to weigh All go into the new, tall black the black boxes. down other papers in the paper box. container box. New TALL Black Box for CONTAINERS : For all other recyclables such as glass and plastic bottles, jars and tubs showing numbers on the bottom, metal cans, foil wrap and trays, and foam cups and trays. CONTAINERS Black Box Include How to Prepare NOT Accepted Tetra Pak™ Boxes juice boxes • Empty and rinse. No straws or plastic wrapping. beverage boxes, e.g. soya and rice milk • Discard straws and plastic soup and broth boxes wrap. Paint Cans Empty and dry metal cans for: • Paint cans must not contain No plastic paint cans. paint more than ¼” (6mm) of No cans with liquid remaining in them. dried paint. stain No rags, paint brushes or stir sticks. varnish • Remove lids, place in box separately. No old or rusted cans. These should be discarded. Aerosol Containers Empty metal aerosol containers: • Discard plastic caps. No partially full aerosol cans. air freshener No plastic caps. shaving cream No propane cylinders. deodorant hair spray and other products household cleaners paint Spiral Cardboard frozen juice • Empty. No caulking gun tubes. Tubes chilled dough • Metal ends may stay on. baby formula • Discard foil lined lids. & Cans potato chips Glass Bottles & Jars all clear and coloured food and • Empty and rinse. Return beverage alcohol containers to beverage glass jars and bottles • Recycle metal lids The Beer Store and collect your deposit. separately. No window glass, vases, tumblers or ceramics. • Labels are accepted. Aluminum & Steel Steel and aluminum cans: • Empty and rinse. No foil-lined cardboard lids. Cans; Aluminum Foil pop and other beverage cans • Labels are accepted. No foil wrap for butter, cigarettes. & Trays tins for soup, vegetables, fruit, pet food • Discard foil-lined cardboard No coat hangers. ( Return to dry cleaners .) and other products lids from foil baking trays. No pots, pans and baking trays. clean aluminum foil • Remove lids, place inside the No propane cylinders. ( Take to Household can or separately in the box. foil pie plates, cake and roasting pans Hazardous Waste events .) and other foil food trays No needles or syringes. ( Take to a local pharmacy .) No appliances or scrap metal. Plastic Bottles, Jars beverage (e.g. pop, juice, water) bottles • All accepted bottles must No plastics with code . peanut butter jars, jam and pickle jars have visible plastic type No plastic bags. Place these in the small paper box . & Containers codes showing on bottom. yogurt and margarine tubs No plastics that contained pesticides or other ice cream tubs household hazardous (HHW) products. Take any dish soap and laundry detergent bottles • Empty and rinse. leftover products to a HHW event . household cleaning product jugs and • Discard spray pumps. No motor oil containers. Empty oil containers can bottles go to a HHW event . shampoo bottles No plastic wrap. hand cream bottles No plastic paint cans. clear plastic bakery, produce and egg containers No lawn edging, tarps, hoses, plastic furniture or toys. No plastic blister packs, i.e. inner plastic sleeves for items like chewing gum and pills. Milk & Juice Cartons Gable top cartons for: • Empty and rinse. milk and milk-type beverages cream juice egg substitutes sugar Foam Cups, Trays foam food and meat trays • Empty and rinse food No foil or paper lids. & Packaging foam cups containers. No foam peanut packaging. foam packaging, e.g. packaging used • Discard paper or plastic No foam house insulation. around small appliances coverings. • Look for code on containers. Frequent Questions: Q. WHY IS NORFOLK CHANGING OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM? ISN'T THE WAY WE RECYCLE NOW WORKING? A. Recycling systems have improved over the years. By moving to Taor ll a two-sort (papers and containers) system, Norfolk will improve the efficiency of our recycling program from the curb to the processing centre. Better efficiency means our program will be more small effective overall and we'll capture more materials for recycling. That's a win-win. Recycle ‘em all! Q. WHAT IF I HAVE MORE CONTAINERS THAN WILL FIT INTO MY NEW TALL BLACK BOX AND I DON'T HAVE A SPARE SMALL Greeting from the Mayor RECYCLING BOX? A. Use a similar size cardboard box or laundry basket if you like, or save Simple Sort 2-Box Recycling recyclables for the following week's collection. Please join us in using this improved recycling program. It is Q. WHY DO WE PUT THE BAG OF PLASTIC BAGS IN THE PAPER one step closer to protecting our environment and ensuring BOX? that the world we leave for our children and grandchildren A. The bag of plastic bags gets tucked into the small paper box because is the best possible. the bag can be separated from paper items more easily during processing then it can from containers such as bottles and jars. Dennis Travale Q. DO I HAVE TO USE MY NEW TALL BOX FOR CONTAINERS? Mayor, Norfolk County I HAVE MORE PAPER ITEMS THAN CONTAINERS. A. Recyclable containers such as plastic bottles and jars tend to be Thank You : lighter than paper items such as newspapers and magazines. Putting Norfolk County is continually striving to improve our paper items in the smaller paper box ensures it can be carried more recycling program so that we can capture more materials easily. You'll also find that the containers are easy to carry in the to be made into new products and packaging. tall box. It's better for you and for the workers who collect the We realize that the success of our program recyclables since they lift hundreds of boxes every day. In fact, there's depends on you. We want to thank you for a weight limit on the boxes of 18 kg or 40 pounds for that reason. recycling and encourage you to recycle everything you can. Q. IF MY TALL CONTAINER BOX ISN'T FULL, SHOULD I STILL PUT IT OUT? Norfolk Waste Management Team A. If the tall box isn't full, consider saving it until the following week.