Recycling

Know what can be recycled, and how to best prep each item

We Accept

Plastic

Best practice:

Clean, dry, whole pieces of paper. Food and liquid containers with the lids preferably on.

Plastic items include: Numbers 1 , 2 , and 5. Examples of these include soda bottles, juice and milk cartons, peanut butter jars, salad and cooking oil containers

Paper

Best practice:

Clean, dry, whole pieces of paper.

Paper items include: newspapers, magazines, office paper and
common mail

Cardboard

Best practice:

Flattened, dry, no food contamination, bubble wrap and packaging free

Cardboard items include: boxes, tubes, plates and fiberboard

Aluminum

Best practice:

Clean, dry, washed empty containers

Aluminum items include: cans, siding, gutters, storm window frames, lawn furniture, foil, and aluminum packaging

Glass

Glass Recycling Guidelines:

  • Keep lids on bottles or toss them in the trash.
    (They’re too small to be recycled.)
  • Rinse and dry all food and drink containers.
  • Brown, green, and clear glass are acceptable.
  • Must be recycled in green, glass only bins.
  • Must be emptied loosely in bin.
  • No bags or cardboard for beer bottles.

Glass

Glass that CAN NOT be recycled:

  • Ceramics, Pyrex, or other heat resistant glass
  • Drinking or wine glasses and plates
  • Plate glass: window or sliding doors
  • Saftey glass or windshields
  • Art glass and leaded crystal
  • Light Bulbs
  • Mirrors

Don’t Bag It

No bags go in the recycling container, and never put recyclables in bags or containers.
No Connected or Mixed Materials.
When two or more materials are connected, like paper envelopes with plastic bubble wrap inside, the items can’t be recycled.

E Waste Days

Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 9am-4pm

(Excludes Holidays)

Can’t be Recycled

Never place these items in your recycling container

Plastic Bags
& Wrappers
Styrofoam
Food
Electronics &
Batteries
Yard Waste
Clothing
Soiled Paper
Medical
Diapers
Construction Waste
Toys
Tools