What can be recycled in our city Mixed Recycling Container ?
Paper YES NO
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• Advertising mail
• Catalogs
• Cardboard (flatten, place in or next to cart)
• Cereal boxes (remove liners)
• Clean paper egg cartons
• Computer paper
• Envelopes (plastic window is ok)
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Notebook paper
• Paperback books
• Phone books
• Stationery
• Tablet backs
• Wrapping paper and cards
• Waxed juice boxes (please rinse)
• Waxed milk cartons (please rinse)

• Paper soiled with food waste
• Food soiled material
• Paper towels, napkins, tissues or paper plates
• Thermal fax paper

Plastics YES NO
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• Bottles, jugs and jars
(all colors, rinsed, no lids)
 - Bleach, detergent, cat litter jugs
 - Single-serve beverage containers;
 - Water, juice and cola (liter) bottles;
 - Medicine and shampoo bottles
 - Peanut butter jars
• Round food tubs (all colors, rinsed, no lids)
 - Yogurt, salsa, and cottage cheese containers
 - Cool-whip or other frozen food containers
• Plastic shopping bags (clean, dry, tied in a bag)
• Merchandise or department store bags (clean, dry, tied in a bag; no receipts, twist ties, plastic fasteners, or strings)
• Dry cleaning bags (clean, dry, tied in a bag)
• Newspaper bags
• Plastic bottles that have contained motor oil, pesticides, other hazardous materials
• Plastic film wrap
• Lids or caps
• Plastic toys
• Plastic take-out containers or utensils
• Plastic trays, fast food containers, clam shell containers
• Disposable plastic cups
• Loose or food-contaminated plastic bags
• Sandwich-type bags
• Film canisters 
• Prescription pill vials
• Disposable diapers
• Nursery/flower pots
• Foam
• Styrofoam

Metals

YES

NO

metal_cans.gif (4578 bytes) • Tin or steel cans (please rinse)
• Aluminum cans (please rinse)
• Ferrous metals (sticks to a magnet, smaller than 16"x16"x12")
 - Metal hangers (remove paper and cardboard)
 - Screws and nails
 - Hinges
• Scrap aluminum foil
Glass Cart YES NO
NOTE: Glass cannot go in the recycling cart - all glass must be placed in your bin or glass insert. If you do not have a glass insert/bin, please call 684-3000 to have one delivered.
glass_jars.gif (4128 bytes) • Glass bottles (please rinse)
• Glass jars (please rinse)

 

• Caps or lids
• Ceramics or dishes
• Light bulbs
• Window glass
• Metals
• Glass in plastic bags
• Mirrors
• Six pack holders or boxes

Cannot be Recycled

• Carpet
• Cloth or Clothes
• Food or bathroom waste
• Lint
• Liquids
• Medical waste (including sharps or containers with sharps)

• Oil, antifreeze, pesticides, other toxic containers
• Rags
• Ribbon
• Rubber
• Wood
• Yard waste