Save & BIN’S DIRTY DOZEN Post! Please keep these materials OUT of the recycling bin.

1) syringes, needles, sharps, 2) explosive or hazardous medical materials like ammuniti on 3) plasti c bags 4) food waste and motor oil

5) plasti c packaging 6) shredded 7) metal 8) liquids in 9) non-recyclable containers plasti cs

10) ceramics, drinking 11) frozen food boxes and glasses, light bulbs other plasti c-coated paper 12) fl att ened cans and containers products

1) NO Syringes, Needles, 5) NO Plasti c Packaging 7) NO Scrap Metal 10) NO Ceramics, Drinking Sharps, any other kind of such as Block Foam, Packing It damages sorti ng Glasses, Light Bulbs or Medical Waste or Diapers Peanuts, Bubble Wrap, equipment. INSTEAD: Other Non-Recyclable Glass 2) NO Explosive or Plasti c Shrink Wrap or Film Recycle scrap metal items at These create dangerous Hazardous Materials such as INSTEAD: Take #6 white the CHaRM — see pages 8-9. fl aws in new glass bott les. Ammuniti on, Motor Oil or block foam and bubble 8) NO Liquids Left in 11) NO Frozen Food Boxes, Solvents wrap to the CHaRM — see Bott les or Containers Ice-Cream Containers or pages 8-9. Packing peanuts 3) NO Plasti c Bags Liquids att ract rodents Other Plasti c-Coated Paper are NOT accepted at the and sti nging insects to the Their plasti c coati ngs are not They bind up sorti ng CHaRM. equipment. INSTEAD: recycling plant, and degrade recyclable. Take clean, dry and empty 6) NO Shredded Paper the paper in the single- 12) NO Flatt ened Containers plasti c bags to the CHaRM Shredded paper is too small stream, making the paper Automated sorti ng (Center for Hard-to-Recycle to sort — the pieces gum up non-recyclable. equipment separates Materials — see pages 8-9) sorti ng equipment. 9) NO Non-Recyclable 2-dimensional or “fl at” or parti cipati ng grocery INSTEAD: shredded Plasti cs like Plasti c Cups materials (paper) from stores. paper or recycle it in the bin or Foam Cups/To-Go 3-dimensional or “round” marked “Shredded Paper” at Containers materials (containers). The 4) NO Food Waste the the Boulder County Re- INSTEAD: Compost it — see No stable markets exist equipment will mistakenly

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