Plastic, glass, cartons and metal

Metal (all kinds)

• • met­al cans (soup, pet food, emp­ty aerosol cans, emp­ty paint cans, etc.)
  • alu­minum foil and foil prod­ucts (wrap and trays)
  • met­al caps and lids
  • house­hold met­al items (wire hang­ers, pots, tools, cur­tain rods, small appli­ances that are most­ly met­al, cer­tain vehi­cle license plates, etc.)
  • bulky met­al items (large met­al items, such as fur­ni­ture, cab­i­nets, large most­ly met­al appli­ances, DOES NOT INCLUDE elec­tron­ic devices banned from disposal)

Glass

• • glass bot­tles and jars ONLY

Plastic (rigid plastics)

• • plas­tic bot­tles, jugs, and jars
  • rigid plas­tic caps and lids
  • rigid plas­tic food con­tain­ers (yogurt, deli, hum­mus, dairy tubs, cook­ie tray inserts, “clamshell” con­tain­ers, oth­er rigid plas­tic take-out containers)
  • rigid plas­tic non-food con­tain­ers (such as “blis­ter-pack” and “clamshell” con­sumer pack­ag­ing, acetate boxes)
  • rigid plas­tic house­wares (flower pots, mix­ing bowls, plas­tic appli­ances, etc.)
  • bulk rigid plas­tic (crates, buck­ets, pails, fur­ni­ture, large toys, large appli­ances, etc.)

Note:  Rigid plas­tic is any item that is most­ly plas­tic resin—it is rel­a­tive­ly inflex­i­ble and main­tains its shape or form when bent.

Cartons

• • Food and bev­er­age cartons
  • Drink box­es
  • Aseptic pack­ag­ing (holds bev­er­ages and food: juice, milk and non-dairy milk prod­ucts, soup, etc.)

Don’t include the fol­low­ing with your met­al, glass, plas­tic & car­ton recy­cling, These items are not recy­clable and can cre­ate prob­lems in pro­cess­ing the mate­r­i­al that is recyclable:

• • Batteries
  • “Tanglers” (such as cables, wires, cords, hoses)
  • Electronic devices banned from disposal
  • Printer car­tridges
  • Glass items oth­er than glass bot­tles and jars (such as mir­rors, light bulbs, ceram­ics, and glassware)
  • Window blinds
  • Foam plas­tic items (such as foam food ser­vice con­tain­ers, cups and trays, foam pro­tec­tive pack­ing blocks, and, and foam pack­ing peanuts)
  • Flexible plas­tic items (such as sin­gle-serve food and drink squeez­able pouch­es and tubes such as tooth­paste, lotion, cos­met­ics, or sports balls such as bas­ket­balls, bowl­ing balls, soc­cer balls, foot­balls, yoga balls)
  • Film plas­tic (such as plas­tic shop­ping bags and wrap­pers.) Take plas­tic bags and film to par­tic­i­pat­ing stores for recycling
  • Cigarette lighters and butane gas lighters
  • Cassette and VHS tapes
  • CDs and DVDs
  • Pens and markers
  • Rigid plas­tic con­tain­ers con­tain­ing med­ical “sharps” or dis­pos­able razors
  • Plastic foam items (foam cups, foam egg car­tons, foam trays, foam pack­ing peanuts, foam sport­ing equip­ment, etc.)
  • Plastic bags, wrap­pers, show­er cur­tains, and all kinds of plas­tic “film”
  • Containers that held dan­ger­ous or cor­ro­sive chemicals
  • 3‑ring binders (if sep­a­rate the met­al rings, can recy­cle the metal)
  • Umbrellas
  • Luggage (plas­tic or textile)
  • Sponges
  • Diapers

Take extra care: