Acceptable & Unacceptable Items

Container #1

Glass

  • Acceptable: Bottles and jars. Rinse and remove caps
  • Unacceptable: window glass, mirrors, light bulbs, drinking glasses, ceramic and Pyrex dishes.

Container #2

Plastics

  • Acceptable: #1 and #2 only.  Rinse and remove caps
  • Unacceptable: plastic bags or wrap

Metal

  • Acceptable: Rinsed tin and aluminum cans, clean foil, EMPTY paint cans

Container #3

Paper, Newspaper & Phone Books
Only clean, dry papers/cardboard are suitable for recycling. Plastic must be removed from pasta and pastry boxes, etc. Cardboard and corrugated boxes must be flattened. All paper products go in the same bin.  

  • Acceptable: Must be clean and dry
  • Unacceptable: Paper in plastic bags

Magazines & Junk Mail

  • Acceptable: Single layer cardboard, corrugated cardboard, glossy newspaper inserts and envelopes. Must be clean and dry.
  • Unacceptable: Gift wrap, Kleenex, paper towels, paper plates, carbon paper, hard bound books, pet food bags.

Burn Pit

Brush & Slash

  • Acceptable: Clean, untreated wood, 5 inches or less in diameter, untreated lumber with an end cross-sectional area of 24 inches or less.
  • Unacceptable: Painted, treated or glued material, plywood, chipboard or particleboard. 

Loads will be inspected.