Recycling- What is Acceptable

What Can I Recycle?

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In Your Food And Yard Waste Cart

Food scraps

  • Fruit & vegetables
  • Bread, pasta, grains
  • Eggshells, nutshells
  • Coffee grounds & filters
  • Tea bags
  • Meat, fish, and chicken
  • Dairy products (milk, butter, cheese)
  • Shells and bones
  • Food-soiled paper
  • Paper towels & napkins
  • Paper plates (uncoated only)
  • Food-soiled newspaper
  • Greasy pizza boxes
  • Shredded paper
  • Paper bags (uncoated) with food scraps
  • Approved compostable tableware (PDF)

Yard waste

  • Plant material
  • Grass
  • Leaves, branches, twigs (up to 4 inches in diameter and 4 feet in length)
  • Plant and tree trimmings
  • House plants (no pots)
  • Small amounts of sod (less than 60 pounds)
  • Holiday trees (No tinsel, ornaments, flocking; no longer than 6 feet long and 4 inches in diameter)
  • Bundles up to 4 feet long and 2 feet in diameter, tied with natural twine

WHAT GOES INTO THE GARBAGE

  • Styrofoam containers
  • Coated paper cups & plates
  • Grease and fats (in lidded container)
  • Facial or toilet tissue
  • Diapers
  • Pet waste and litter
  • Household trash/litter
  • Hoses
  • Garden tools
  • Bundles tied with wire, nylon cording or plastic banding
  • Loose soil
  • Rocks/gravel

WHAT GOES INTO THE REGULAR RECYCLE BIN or GLASS BIN
All items must be clean

  • Plastic shopping bags (clean, stuffed together) (No produce bags)
  • Milk, juice & ice cream cartons (rinsed)
  • Cardboard (unwaxed, flattened)
  • Plastic bottles, jugs & dairy tubs
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Metal cans
  • Paper (dry)
  • Nursery pots
  • Paper & plastic cups (clean)
  • Plastic trays and containers
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