GARBAGE What goes in my Green Cart? Sort your recyclables All garbage goes in your into 3 categories. own or All 1. Corrugated Flatten boxes • Bags & plastic wrap • Breads All cardboard boxes with the wavy piece • with no recycling codes • Fruit & vegetable in the middle • Diapers & sanitary hygiene products • Meat, bones, fish & shellfish including shells 2. & Boxboard • • Dairy products, eggshells • & flyers • Styrofoam • Nuts & shells, candies • Office paper & envelopes • Chip & cookie bags • s, tea bags • Catalogues, phone • Granola & chocolate bar wrappers • Grease & fat • Magazines, brochures & glossy paper • Butter wrappers • Hard & soft cover books • Gift wrap Food Soiled Paper Products • Cereal, cracker & tissue boxes • Dryer sheets & lint • Soiled paper towels & napkins • Egg cartons • balls & swabs • Used paper plates • caps & lids • Paper flour & sugar bags 3. Plastic & Milk • Pizza boxes Rinse all containers thoroughly • Parchment paper Plastic Containers HOUSEHOLD Yard Waste • Milk, juice jugs • Leaves • Yogurt, sour cream, cream cheese • Weeds & ice cream tubs HHW accepted at Crane Mountain • Twigs & branches less than • Ketchup, & salad dressing Landfill year round, 6 days a week. 2” in diameter & 4’ in length • Shampoo bottles • Bleach & detergent bottles Typical HHW items: Place yard waste directly in your cart. Make sure • Beverage containers (no ) Batteries (household/car), bleach, cleaning products, CFL bulbs, driveway sealant, fertilizers, insecticides there are no branches sticking out of your cart Milk Cartons & the lid can close. paints and thinners, pool chemicals, propane tanks, • Milk, cream & buttermilk cartons (TV's & more), tires. Compostable bags must have one of Metal Containers • these symbols: All food & pet food cans www.FundyRecycles.com • Aluminum pie plates & foil 738-1212 • Pop cans Fundy Regional Service Commission

Commission de Services Régionaux de Fundy COMPOST RECYCLING GARBAGE

Tips: Tips: Tips: • Line your kitchen bin with a sheet of newspaper • Visit FundyRecycles.com and search for items • Visit FundyRecycles.com to sign up for to absorb moisture in ‘What Goes Where?’ collection day reminders or to view your collection • Empty and rinse bin regularly • Flatten cardboard boxes schedule. • Layer yard waste between kitchen scraps to • Remove all caps from containers • You can reduce your garbage by more than 50% combat odours. • Rinse containers thoroughly by composting and recycling • Additional yard waste can be put in paper leaf & • Look for recycling symbols 1, 2 or 5 • Garbage containers or bags must weigh less than yard waste bags. 50 lbs DO NOT INCLUDE: DO NOT INCLUDE: x Plastic bags, including grocery bags, x Ashes bread bags & plastic wrap x Coffee x Black garbage bags HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE x Plastic bags x Wet or dirty cardboard x x Coffee cups or lids Cigarette butts Tips: x Wax paper x Waxed cardboard or paper • There is no charge for HHW x Styrofoam x Vinyl siding • Household quantities only x Tree stumps x Styrofoam • Leave materials in original labelled packages x Rocks & gravel x Chip bags • Never mix materials x Bricks x Plastic or toys x Branches larger than 2” in diameter Find out What Goes Where at FundyRecycles.com FundyRecycles.com Visit to sign up for Compostable bags must have one of these symbols: collection day reminders and find out ‘What Goes Where’. Or download the “FundyRecycles” App.

Visit FundyRecycles.com to set up a collection reminder. www.FundyRecycles.com 738-1212

Fundy Regional Service Commission

Commission de Services Régionaux de Fundy