What items can be recycled curbside?

Aerosol cans (empty)

Aluminum

• Cans
• Foil (clean)
• Food and Beverage Containers
• All newsprint types.
• Pie pans

Books

• Hardbound
• Paperback
• Text books

Bottles

• Narrow-neck bottles used for soda, water, soap, food liquids (lightly clean if heavily soiled)

Cardboard

• Corrugated boxes
• Egg containers
• Frozen food packaging
• Food boxes (including cereal boxes)
  Please remove food, plastic liners, waxed paper or Styrofoam packaging material from inside
• Mailing boxes
• Show boxes
  Please remove plastic or Styrofoam packaging material from inside

Cartons (waxed) used for a liquid such as milk, juices or soups

Glass

• Bottles
• Jars
  Brown, clear or green, please rinse

Juice boxes (clean)

Mail

• Envelopes with plastic windows

Metal

• Beverage containers
• Food containers

Paper (all colors)

• Catalogs
• Folders
• Magazines
• Mixed Paper
• Newsprint, all types
• Non-metallic wrapping paper
• Office papers
• Printer paper
• School papers
• Shredded paper

Plastic

• Bottles and Jars with symbols #1 through #7 (narrow neck and screw top – lightly clean if heavily soiled)
  e.g., soda bottles, detergent/bleach bottles, water bottles, milk jugs, juice bottles
• Containers with symbols #1 through #7 (wide-mouthed – lightly clean if heavily soiled)
  e.g., margarine, yogurt, cottage cheese, mayonnaise and sour cream (caps and labels o.k.)
• Drinking cups

Prescription bottles including lids and caps

Steel

• Beverage containers
• Food

Tin

• Cans
• Foil (clean)

Unaccepted Curbside Recycling Materials

• Carry out or deli food containers
• Cat litter
• Chemicals
• Cookware and plates (plastic)
• Containers of toxic substances
  e.g., bottles and cans (motor oil containers)
• Contaminated paper products
  e.g., napkins, paper towels, waxed paper, paper plates and tissue
• Contaminated plastic products
  e.g., plates, utensils, cookware, to-go cartons
• Dry cleaning bags
• Food Waste
• Furniture of any kind
• Glass (window and mirror)
• Packaging (foam or plastic)
• Paint and paint cans
• Plastic bags including grocery and newspaper covers
• Utensils (plastic)
• Waxed paper
• Wire Hangers

Consider using a re-usable thermos, plastic, steel or aluminum beverage container. Costs you less and reduces trash that’s landfill bound.

Please note that many grocery stores will recycling your plastic shopping bags AND they will even accept dry cleaning and other flexible plastic bags for recycling.