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• Please rinse and flatten
• No juice pouches or straws
• Paper, Boxes, & Bags

• All numbers: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7
• Please rinse and flatten (no need to remove labels)
• No styrofoam, motor oil jugs, toys
• No buckets, durable dishes, or "biodegradable" or corn-based plastics (PLA)
• No plastic bags - they go in the Paper, Boxes and Bags Bin

• All numbers: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7
• Please rinse and flatten (no need to remove labels)
• No styrofoam, buckets, durable dishes
• No washtubs or "biodegradable" or corn-based plastics (PLA)
• No plastic bags - they go in the Paper, Boxes and Bags Bin

• Bottles & jars only
• Please rinse and remove lid (no need to remove label)
• No lightbulbs, window glass or dishes

• Cans, foil, foil trays, metal lids
• Please rinse and flatten. Remove labels if possible
• No aerosol cans or propane tanks.

• Newspapers & inserts
• Magazines, catalogs & books, including hardcover, paperbacks and phonebooks
• Office paper & junk mail (there is no need to remove small non-recyclables like staples, paperclips, rubber bands, stickers, sticky notes or plastic windows from envelopes)
• Light cardboard
• Junk mail, envelopes, file folders
• Shredded paper (in clear plastic bag)
• No construction paper or dark/bright/neon colored paper
• No padded, Tyvek, or golden manila envelopes
• Please remove packing material and flatten
• No styrofoam or pet food bags
• No newspapers which are wet or yellowed

• Stretchy bags only
• Clean and dry, stuffed into one plastic bag and tied closed
• Shrink wrap (like around paper towel rolls or cases of water)
• No cling wrap or cereal box liners
• No "crunchy" plastics (i.e. potato chip bags, cellophane)