RESIDENTIAL RECYCLABLE COLLECTION HELPFUL HINTS:

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• COLLECTION TIME - recyclables must be placed for collection the night before the scheduled collection day
• PREPARATION - bottles, cans, and plastic may be mixed together in the recycle bin. All items must be empty, free of food residue, and no lids. The newspaper should be placed in a brown paper bag or bundled and tied with string and then placed next to the recycle bin.
• GLASS - we accept clear, green, and brown glass. DO NOT recycle dishes, light bulbs, drinking glasses, pyrex, ceramics or window glass.
• CANS - this includes aluminum, tin, and bi-metal cans. DO NOT recycle foil trays, scrap aluminum, or aluminum foil.
• PLASTICS - this includes #1 and #2 plastics. (plastics are marked on the bottom of the container in a triangle made of arrows-indicated in the arrows would be a #1 or #2 or marked with the initials PET or HDPE)
• NEWSPAPER - included with the recycling of newspaper would be any glossy print, junk mail, magazines, phone books, office/copy paper. DO NOT recycle any cardboard cartons, pizza boxes, or cartons which have a foil layer. Do not include any Styrofoam.