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    Curbside Recycling Program

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    The curbside recycling program uses convenient "single-stream" recycling, which means that you'll no longer have to separate your recyclable materials. Every household receives one 65-gallon wheeled cart where you can place all of your recyclable materials together for every-other-week recycling.

    The biggest advantages of our single-stream program are that you no longer have to separate your recyclables and you can now recycle more types of paper products. Recycling has never been easier!

    What materials can I place in the blue recycling cart?

    • Paper Products: newspapers, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, printer paper, copier paper, mail, all card board other officer paper without wax liners 
    • Cardboard: packing boxes, cereal boxes, gift boxes, corrugated cardboard; flatten all boxes prior to placing them in your cart
    • Plastic Containers (narrow necks only): bottles (without caps or lids), milk, water, detergent and shampoo containers (without caps)glass
    • Aseptic Containers: polycoated drink boxes, juice cartons, milk cartons
    • Glass: glass food & beverage containers (clear, brown and green)
    • Metals: aluminum & steel food and beverage containers.

    plastic *Only narrowneck plastic containers with the triangle label symbol #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 can be recycled at this time. You'll find these numbers on the base of the container.

    What is not allowed in the cart?

    • Garbage or other non-recyclable waste such as gas cylinders, tanks, rocks, dirt, building dbatteriesebris, flammables
    • Batteries  - dry cell batteries, lead acid batteries
    • Certain glass products -window or auto glass, incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs, mirrors, glass cookware or bakeware, ceramics
    • Plastic bags
    • Styrofoam
    • Home  chemicals -- paints, pesticidesitems you should not place in cart
    • Medical waste and pharmaceuticals
    • Electronic waste and accessories- PCs, monitors, televisions, printer cartridges, keyboards, cell phones, CDs and DVDs
    • Other non-recyclables - Coat hangers, small appliances, microwave trays

    Find out how you can properly dispose of these non-recyclable items.
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