Corrugated Cardboard

• Includes packing boxes. Remove all packing materials and flatten.
• Cereal and food boxes accepted, but not those that are wax-coated.
• Boxes that may have been slightly wet are OK, but no boxes that are very dirty or have been contaminated with oil.
• Cardboard egg cartons may also be recycled, but not Styrofoam or plastic cartons.
• Paper sacks may be included with cardboard.

Glass

• Any color, includes mirrors, but not ceramics.
• Remove lids.
• Paper labels OK.
• Broken glass is OK as long as it is wrapped or boxed so that people handling it will not be cut

Metal

• Sort metal into aluminum and tin/steel. It may be helpful to note that steel will attract a magnet but aluminum will not.
• Aluminum beverage cans only.
• No need to remove paper labels.

Mixed paper

• Includes office paper, junk mail, slick paper (glossy ads), catalogs, magazines, and shredded paper
• Helpful to separate out glossy ads, catalogs, and magazines from the other paper. Please separate magazines from catalogs. Magazines are stapled; catalogs have glued bindings.
• Envelopes with plastic windows OK.
• Staples are OK but please remove paper clips, metal clips, and rubber bands.
• No paper that has been wet or is very dirty.

Newspapers

• Helpful to remove glossy ads and place with mixed paper above, but not required.
• No newspaper that has been wet. If newspaper was/is wet, it must be thrown away.
• Remove rubber bands or plastic holders.

Plastic numbered 1 or 2

• Remove lids.
• No dark colored plastic; also no cooking oil or motor oil containers.
• The recycling number is usually stamped on the bottom of the container.
• Helpful if plastic is flattened.