SIMPLE GUIDELINES FOR : Recycle All of These Items TOGETHER in Your Bin Your ZeRO WASTE PLASTICS RECYCLING: As a general rule, most food and beverage LAB YES containers are recyclable (and some containers from your bathroom and laundry room, too). NEW! WHAT IS LEFT IN YOUR TRASH? Magazines, Mail, Do you have reusable items that might still have some life Phonebooks, Office Paper Newspapers Cardboard & Pizza Boxes Most Plastic Food & Beverage Containers left in them? Check out the Twin Cities Free Market – please put shredded paper with inserts must be flattened to smaller than 3ft x 3ft in a closed bag empty, rinse, flatten, put caps or lids back on if you can a great way to give and get free stuff! no or plastics Bottles Produce Containers Yogurt, Cottage Cheese Transparent Deli www.twincitiesfreemarket.org (soda, juice, water, shampoo, (lettuce, berries, etc.) & Butter Containers “To-go” Containers laundry & dish soap) Do you have food that gets forgotten in the back of your If you want to be sure that a specific product is really going refrigerator or leftovers you can't eat up? Check out tips and Beware of & ! to be recycled, call our hotline or check our website. tools for preventing wasted food at www.makedirtnotwaste.org. There are more and more and some plastic containers and packages being used Do you still take your leaves to a compost site? that look identical to packaging made with Glass Bottles & Jars Did you know you can mix leaves with your food Boxboard Milk Cartons NO dishes or cookware or . Try to avoid and if you rinse clean, remove caps and lids These plastic items scraps in a backyard or worm compost bin? pop and beer boxes, too! & Juice Boxes NO ceramics or pottery NO are not recyclable. can, and please keep them out of your bin! You get to reap the benefits! Learn more about remove caps and lids, NO window glass or mirrors They are not recyclable, and producers need However, just because it’s on the “no” starting your own backyard compost bin rinse clean, flatten NO NO aerosol cans list doesn’t mean it needs to be trash! to hear that they should stop making products at www.makedirtnotwaste.org. NO scrap metal Call us for ideas! with these types of plastics! NO light bulbs So now what's left? Probably some plastic products and packaging NO batteries • NO motor oil bottles that can't be recycled. The truth is, some packaging is just not • NO bottles used for home needle disposal HOW TO RECYCLE Steel & Aluminum Cans, Foil & Trays NO paper towel or toilet paper tubes designed to be recycled – the manufacturers need to redesign or NO egg cartons or egg carton-type material • NO or plastic eliminate it altogether. Join Eureka in the Make It, Take It Campaign rinse clean, labels are OK Set out your recycling materials at the curb by 7 a.m. NO paper cups, plates, or napkins • NO foam egg cartons or Styrofoam™ which is currently pushing back on Kraft to redesign the Capri Sun > Sometimes our routes change and we may come through your NO refrigerated or frozen food boxes • NO disposable cups, plates, or utensils pouch to be recyclable, compostable, or reusable. Get more neighborhood at a different time of day from week to week. NO tissue or wrapping paper • NO bulky items such as lawn furniture, information, sign up on our ongoing packaging list and sign the None of the plastics on this list kiddy pools, etc. Make It, Take It petition at www.eurekarecycling.org to learn > Mark your calendar for holiday collection. • NO toys how to hold producers and manufacturers accountable for Check the back of this mailer or our website for your holiday • NO plastic bags or film finding solutions with us. collection schedule. Clothes & Linens (call for other recycling options) • NO containers that held hazardous materials Get recycling bins to make it easier to recycle. > We can take reusable, worn & torn items, • NO containers larger than 3 gallons For more information on how to get a recycling bin, call our or rags. Items must be clean and dry. • NO packaging from toys and electronics hotline or visit our website. QUESTIONS? Please make sure items are in a VERY sturdy • NO plant or landscaping pots Call Eureka Recycling’s Zero Waste Hotline plastic bag and fastened tightly! • NO black plastic, including microwave food trays Clearly label the bag CLOTHES & LINENS and • NO compostable materials 612-NO-WASTE (669-2783) Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, processed without the use of chlorine. place it next to your bin. (often marked with a ) www.eurekarecycling.org © Eureka Recycling 2014 Illustrations by Karen Kopacz. Check out RamseyAtoZ.com or call 651-633-EASY (3279), answered 24/7. Eureka Recycling is local, community-based, nonprofit, PAID

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Our mission is to demonstrate that waste is completely preventable. Does single-sort recycling really work? Through our zero-waste approach to recycling, we start with All programs in the metro area (and many throughout the nation) are moving toward prevention long before we collect at the curb, and address every single-sort recycling, but there are still concerns that mixing all materials together results challenge we encounter on the way to zero waste. Every day, in fewer of them getting recycled. This has been (and still is) true of some single-sort individuals, local partners, and the supporters, volunteers, and programs, but we intend to try to resolve the problems and will share the results. What better way to explore these problems and find solutions than to do it ourselves! staff of Eureka Recycling come together to bring all the benefits of zero waste to your community. Eureka Recycling invested in the people and technology needed to make sure we recycle as much as possible. You can do your part by being careful to put only recyclable materials – especially plastics – in your bin! While this certainly won’t be the first single-sort program in the country, together we will make it one of the best!

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