Accepted Materials
 

Save all your materials & bag them into the following categories:

1 - HARD/RIGID PLASTICS

Acceptable Materials

  • Rigid plastic packaging from consumer goods (e.g. electronics, tools), food (e.g. salads, baked goods), empty CD/DVD/VHS protective cases
  • Rigid plastic containers, including milk jugs, yogurt and margarine containers, shampoo/liquid soap bottles, cleaning product containers, pill/vitamin bottles, clean plant pots
  • Other specialty plastics such as wire & cable insulation, panelling, large buckets, recycling bins, garden hoses (remove metal ends), clean compost bins, cleaning brushes, toothbrushes, plates, cutlery, utensils, desk trays & rulers, pipes & fittings, floor mats, ice scrapers, license plate frames, plastic window frames, traffic cones, garbage cans & lids, & light switch plates.

 

2 - SOFT PLASTICS

Acceptable Materials

Plastic bags (remove handles, receipts)

  • Shopping and grocery bags
  • Clean food storage bags
  • Dry cleaning and newspaper bags
  • Cereal/chip/cracker bags (non foil-lined)

Plastic wrap (remove stickers, labels)

  • Shrink and bubble wrap
  • Over wrap (stretchable)
  • polyethylene foam (twistable)

Items Not Accepted

  • Soiled items (food, dirt, paint)
  • Tarpaulins, dirty construction poly
  • Cellophane
  • Foil lined bags (accepted separately in its own category)
  • Biodegradable, compostable bags (accepted up to 5% maximum volume per bag full)

Helpful Hints

  • Cellophane is identifiable by its crinkly and non-stretch characteristics
  • Labels and stickers should be cut out of film, allowing the rest of the material to be recycled

 

3 - POLYSTYRENE FOAM PACKING BLOCKS - example
Clean polystyrene packing blocks coded , used to pack around breakable or electronic equipment.


4 - POLYSTYRENE FOAM PACKING PEANUTS
Typically used to pack breakable equipment, etc.

5 - STYROFOAM INSULATION - example
Developed more than 50 years ago by Dow Industries, this product comes in a light blue,pink, or green color, and is the most widely used insulation in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.

6 - "DAIRY" GABLE TOP CARTONS

Examples:

  • Skim, 1%, 2%, Homogenized
  • Half & Half cream
  • Coffee Cream
  • Chocolate Milk

Note: Must be rinsed.

7 - "NON-DAIRY" GABLE TOP CARTONS

Examples:

  • Soy, Rice, Soup
  • Egg Beaters

Note: Must be rinsed.

8 - TETRA PAKS (FOIL-LINED)

Examples:

  • Soy, Rice, Soup

Note: Must be rinsed.

9 - "JUICE" GABLE TOP CARTONS/TETRA PAKS

Note: Must be rinsed.

10 - FOIL-LINED BAGS
Bags that are inner-lined with foil, for example, "Starbucks" , "Nabob" , "Maxwell House" , &  "Kicking Horse". You may also include foil-lined chip bags & candy wrappers.

Note: These bags MUST be rinsed.

11 - POLYSTYRENE FOAM CUPS/CONTAINERS

Meat trays, egg cartons, cups, take-out food clam shell containers, etc.

Note: All These containers MUST be washed thoroughly.

12 - ELECTRONICS

See pick-up fees or depot fees for list of electronics accepted.

 

Hints: Please remove all metal parts,pumps from plastics. Whenever possible reuse plastics & reduce packaging; squash big bottles & stack tubs.

 

   
 
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