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Material What to Recycle What NOT to Recycle
• White & colored office paper
• Newspapers
• Magazines & catalogues
• Junk mail
• Envelopes with windows
• Cereal (chipboard) boxes
• Soft cover books
• Brown paper bags
• Telephone books
• Shredded paper
• Staples and paperclips are OK • NO Soda or beer holders/cartons
NO 3-ring binders or binder clips
NO Paper plates or cups
NO Tissues or napkins
NO Food contaminated products
NO Pizza boxes/wrapping paper
NO Waxed or carbon paper
NO Backing from labels
NO Tyvek or FedEx envelopes
NO Covers of hard cover books
NO Photographs
• #1-7 Plastic bottles, tubs, and containers less than 2 gallons
• Aluminum and tin cans
• Bi-metal can
• Glass bottles and jars
• Milk and juice cartons • NO Caps, lids, or pumps
NO Ceramics/PYREX
NO Plate or stained glass
NO Styrofoam
NO Plastic bags
NO Fuel containers
NO Plastic films or bags
NO Needles
NO Containers over 2 gallons

Corrugated cardboard is the cardboard that has a wavy layer sandwiched between 2 flat layers. • NO Rigid styrofoam or plastic packaging material
NO Pizza Boxes

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