Items accepted:
•Glass Bottles
(Clear, Brown & Green)
— Empty and rinse
— Discard caps & tops
— Do not include
with glass bottles: windows, mirrors, light bulbs, white glass, dishes, drinking glasses, Pyrex, heat tempered glass or ceramics.
•Metal Cans
— All food and beverage cans (aluminum
& tin)
— Empty and rinse
— Labels may stay on
— Do not include with metal cans: pie
plates, foil, paint cans, aerosol cans, pots & pans, fuel tanks, coat hangers or other metal items.
•Plastic Bottles
— (Bottles marked with #1 or #2 on the bottom)
—
Empty and rinse
— Discard caps
— Do not include with plastic bottles: plastic bags, tubs, trays, toys
or other plastic items (even if they are labeled #1 or #2), Styrofoam, plastic bottles labeled with #3, #4, #5, #6 or #7 on
bottom or motor oil bottles.
•Newspapers
—
Includes clean newspapers and newspaper inserts
— Keep dry, clean and out of sunlight
— Place in neat
stacks and tie with heavy string or twine
— Do not tie with plastic, wire, cloth or pantyhose
— May
also be placed in brown grocery bags
— Do not include with newspapers: phone books, junk mail, cardboard or magazines
•Magazines
— Includes: catalogs, magazines,
phone books and junk mail
— Tie with heavy string or twine separately from newspaper
— Do not tie
with plastic, wire, cloth or pantyhose
— May also be placed in brown grocery bags
— Do not include
with magazines: cardboard, newspapers, hard or paper-back books
•Chipboard
— Such as: cereal boxes, tissue boxes, shoe boxes, gift boxes, dry & frozen food boxes,
paper product end rolls
— Please remove all bag inserts and flatten boxes
— Do not include with chipboard:
soda and beer packs (considered “wet strength” and are treated with a chemical that will not break down in water),
bag inserts from cereal boxes, pizza boxes (because of grease), dishwasher soap boxes & laundry detergent boxes (wax inside),
ice cream boxes (wax inside), drink boxes (wax inside), milk boxes (wax inside)
JUST AN FYI: You may take the following to the Wayne County Recycling Center
•Scrap Metal
— Such as: hot water heaters, furnaces, BBQ grills,
microwave ovens, metal desks, lawn mowers (all fluids drained), bicycle frames, lawn chair frames, old swing set frames, etc….
