Single Stream (Zero Sort) Recycling
This approach combines all common recycled materials in one tote.
Acceptable could items include:
- Cardboard: Cereal Boxes, Pasta Boxes, Shoe Boxes, Juice Boxes
- Paper: Newspapers, Junk Mail, Envelopes, Catalogs, Soft Cover Books, Telephone Books, Brown Bags, Magazines and Inserts.
- Plastic: Containers #1 - #7 (Milk Jugs, Bleach, Detergent, Shampoo Bottles) and Rigids (Laundry Baskets, Buckets)
- Glass: Bottles and Containers (any color)
- Metal: Aluminum, Tin, Steel Containers (Pie Plates/Trays/Foil)
- The unacceptable items have not changed:
- Window Glass, Mirrors and Light Bulbs
- Dishes, Pyrex, Ceramics
- Foam Packaging, Styrofoam, Plastic Bags
- Recyclables containing Food Waste, Paint or Oils
- Hazardous Material or Universal Waste