WHAT GETS RECYCLED AND HOW?

The following items are collected curbside during regularly scheduled recycling pickups.

COMMINGLED RECYCLABLES
Place metal cans, glass and plastic bottles in the blue, 20-gallon round container provided by the MCIA. Any overflow can be placed in your own unlidded plastic or metal container (no larger than 32 gallons in capacity). Please do not overfill containers.

WHAT HOW
Metal – Tin, steel, aluminum and bimetal cans (such as soda, beer, canned pet food, soup and tuna cans.) Rinse the cans and crush them to maximize capacity. We take the lids, too.
Glass – Glass bottles and jars of all colors (such as juice, soda, beer and liquor bottles and mayonnaise and spaghetti sauce jars). Rinse the bottles and jars. Remove the lids and place them in the trash for collection with your regular garbage.
Plastic – Both #1 PETE and #2 HDPE containers (such as milk and juice jugs, water bottles and laundry detergent, shampoo and soda bottles.)

Check the bottom of the container to make sure the plastic is either #1 PETE or #2 HDPE. Rinse the containers and crush them to maximize capacity. Remove and dispose of caps.








Items that are NOT accepted:
Drinking glasses, window glass, mirrors, Pyrex® glassware, light bulbs, plastic toys, plastic packaging, aluminum foil, gardening or garage plastics, polystyrene or Styrofoam (such as plastic cups or food trays).

NEWSPAPERS & MIXED PAPER

WHAT HOW
Newspaper - Clean newsprint and newspaper inserts only.

Place newspapers in the blue, rectangular mixed-paper container.

DO NOT :
  • Place newspapers in paper or plastic bags
Mixed Paper - Magazines, junk mail, brown paper bags, nonmetallic wrapping paper, office records, computer paper, file folders, receipts, telephone books, soft cover books, hardcover books with covers removed, and greeting cards.

Place shredded paper in paper bags or blue rectangular recycling bin.

Place mixed paper in the blue rectangular bin. Close the lid tightly when you leave the bin at the curb. Flatten boxes to maximize capacity.

Not Accepted:

  • Mixed paper in leaf bags
Note: The maximum number of recycling bundles of newspaper and/or corrugated cardboard that the collector will pick up from individual households, each collection, is six (6)


CARDBOARD / PAPERBOARD & TEXTILES

WHAT HOW

Cardboard - layered cardboard with a center that is shaped into ridges, folds or grooves (such as shipping boxes and the packaging for most appliances or larger household items.

Flatten the cardboard and tie the sheets into stacks no larger than 24 inches square and 24 inches high.

Not Accepted: Cardboard in bundles larger than 24 inches square.

Paperboard -  Includes non-wax-coated food and cereal boxes, pizza boxes, tissue boxes, shoe boxes, and gift boxes.

It is preferred that paperboard should be placed with cardboard bundles. Paperboard will also still be accepted in the mixed paper and newspaper container.
Textiles - Clean, dry clothing or fabric larger than 12 square inches and other recyclable textiles such as shoes, belts or handbags.

 
Place the clothing or fabric in the textile bag. Close the bag securely and leave it at the curb with your other recyclables. Call or e-mail us if you need an additional bag.

Items that are Not Accepted: Comforters, pillows and rugs.