Let’s Keep Garner Clean and Green! ELOW ARE LISTS of what you can and cannot recycle as part of the Town’s curbside recycling program. Recently, two things in particular have been contributing to a high recycling load contamination rate: plas- Btic grocery bags and recyclables that are bagged up. Let’s keep those plastic grocery bags out of our recycling rollout bins, and let’s not put bagged-up recyclables in our bins. (Instead, deposit recyclables directly into bins). Have questions? Please contact Public Works at 919.772.7600. Thank you!
YES, you can put these in your NO, please do NOT put these in your recycling rollout cart: recycling rollout cart: The• following paper products: • Plastic grocery bags • • Bagged materials (even if containing • Uncoated printing, writing and office paper (e.g. recyclables) letterhead, forms, photocopy paper, drawing pa- • Coated cardboard (e.g. juice boxes, per, notepad paper, colored paper, post-it notes, milk cartons) file folders, index cards) • Plastics with symbols #3, #4, #6, #7 or • Mail (including envelopes windowed and unnumbered non-windowed) • Styrofoam of any kind • Newspaper • Cartons • Brochures, pamphlets and glossy inserts • Cellophane and shrink wrap • Magazines • Self-carbonized paper • Corrugated cardboard (uncoated) • Typewriter ribbons • Uncoated paperboard (cereal boxes, food and • Bubble wrap and “peanut” packaging snack boxes) • Sticky tape • Paperback books (stapled not glue in binding) • Adhesive labels • Paper bags • Facial tissues and paper towels • Shredded paper in paper bags • Paper drink cups and paper plates The• following plastic products: • SOLO cups • • Plastic utensils • PET bottles with the symbol #1--with screw tops • Food scraps and wrappers only (e.g. water and other beverage bottles) • Boil-in-bag pouches • HDPE plastic bottles with the symbol #2 (e.g. • Trash bags milk jugs, detergent and shampoo bottles) • Bread bags • PP plastic bottles, tubs and containers with • Meat trays and microwavable trays symbol #5 (e.g. yogurt tubs, condiment bottles, • CDs or CD cases many medicine containters) • Soiled pizza boxes • • Rubber hoses and garden hoses The• following glass and metal products: • Christmas lights • Glass food and beverage containers—brown, • Rubber tires clear or green (but not glass cookware or drink- • Broken window and auto glass ing glasses) • Paperback/hardbound books w/glue in binding • Aluminum cans • Phonebooks (glue in binding) • Steel and tin cans (e.g. soup and tuna cans) • Aseptic containers • Drinking glasses • Glass and metal cookware *** Please remember to empty and • Propane tanks, batteries clean containers before putting them • Textiles, cloth or any fabric in recycling bins. • Needles, syringes, IV bags or other medical supplies • Light bulbs • Mirrors • Porcelain and ceramics • Cords and wires • Household appliances and electronics • Metal binder clips • Yard waste, construction debris and wood • Any paper recyclable materials or pieces of paper recyclables less than 4 inches in size in any direc- tion (including receipts) • Aluminum foil • Clothes hangers ®