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DO NOT Commingled Recyclables Paper and Cardboard DO NOT include : include : Recyclable glass, plastic, and metal The County recently expanded its The BLUE recycling box is for paper Cardboard must be flattened and tied Plastic bags, all plastic containers are collected together source separation law to include all products and cardboard. in bundles of no more than 2’ by 2’ Plastic bags film (e.g., dry cleaning by 2’. (commingled) in the GREEN recy- plastics coded with a number 1 Styrofoam packaging bags and packaging cling bin. through 7 on the bottom. Paper and cardboard can also be put materials), vinyl curbside in brown paper bags. Waxed cartons (e.g., What goes in the GREEN bin? What goes in the BLUE bin? juice, milk) Unmarked or non-  Magazines & glossy newspaper coded plastics (e.g., PLASTICS Numbered 1 through 7: inserts Soiled papers toys, hangers,  Shampoo and laundry detergent Hard & soft cover tableware, utensils) bottles  Junk mail & advertising circulars NO hangers books  Household cleaners Large rigid plastics (plastic OR metal)!  Clean newspaper  Yogurt cups (e.g., toys, furniture)  Office paper  Coded pails and buckets Plastic foam (e.g.,  Coded flower pots and trays rinsed  Brown paper grocery bags Styrofoam, beverage DPW collects free of soil or other products.  Phone books cups, trays, packaging CLEAN GLASS—Unbroken green, recyclables on Mondays, Do not  Egg cartons materials) Include plastic bags brown, and clear food and beverage Tuesdays, Thursdays bottles and jars Broken glass  Tissue boxes and Fridays. See page 13 CLEAN METAL—Food and beverage These boxes are  Cereal boxes for the Collection Pots & pans containers, clean aluminum foil and not tied Schedule or call DPW trays, empty aerosol cans.  Other food boxes (plastic lining Anything that may Do not mix paper removed) to find out your day. have held hazardous and plastic All containers must be rinsed clean, waste, such as motor but plastic tops on containers DO This is NOT NOT need to be removed. acceptable 967-7464 oil, solvents, etc. and will not be collected. Building materials (e.g., PVC piping, bathroom and kitchen Important Things fixtures) to Remember: Rye is a Recycling Leader in Westchester  Do not put recycling Containers MUST be out to the curb before empty and rinsed! County—Let’s Keep it That Way! 6:00 PM the night Recycling is the law! before recycling day.  Weigh paper down in In 2013, Westchester County It is mandatory for all residents, windy conditions. This is an example of correct recycled 50% of its total waste businesses, and schools to recy- recycling bins and cardboard. stream, well above both the cle plastic, glass, and metal, as  Scattered paper and national and New York State well as cardboard and paper. recyclables are YOUR recycling goals. The City of Rye responsibility to col- was once again one of the City sanitation crews have been lect. For more information about what items can and cannot be recycled, please County’s recycling leaders, with instructed not to pick up any NO Oversized bins! visit the County’s website: http://environment.westchestergov.com a recycling rate of 66% in 2013! garbage that is mixed with recy-  Cardboard must be clable materials. flattened and tied. NO Plastic bags! or call the County Recycling HelpLine at (914) 813-5425.