What We Can, and Cannot Accept
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Accepted...
 

Not Accepted...

WHITE PAPER

• (This is pure white paper with minimum color print)
• White copy paper, White printer paper
• Green bar computer paper
   

• No Colored paper
• No color photos
• No heavy card-stock paper

OFFICE PAPER

• (Light or pastel colors only)
• White or colored ledger (ruled)
• Computer printout (continuous feed)
• Office envelopes without windows
• Adding machine tape, pastel Post-it Notes
• Typing paper, Manila file folders
• Bond paper (letterhead, resume, business cards)
• Invoices, Business forms (carbonless pastel copies)
• Bank checks, Greeting cards, Blue prints
   

• No fluorescent or bright-colored paper (e.g., Astro-bright)
   

MIXED PAPER

• Junk mail, Envelopes with windows
• Colored paper, Shredded paper
• Magazines, Catalogs, Calendars
• Fluorescent or bright Post-it note paper
• Construction paper
• Copy paper ream wrap
• Kraft paper envelopes (with metal fastener)
• Hanging file folders (REMOVE metal hanger!)
• Gift wrap and gift tissue paper (non-metallic)
• Soft-back books (paperback novels)
   

• No stickers
• No phone books
• No hard-back books
• No wax paper
• No wax-coated paper
• No food-contaminated paper
• No bathroom or facial tissue stuck to cardboard
• No paper towels or paper napkins
• No egg cartons (molded pulp board)

NEWSPAPER

• Newspaper
• Advertisement ‘slicks’ that come with paper
• Packing paper (newspaper without print)
   

• No Kraft paper inserts (heavy brown or white paper used to separate ‘slick’ advertisements) — please separate

CARDBOARD

• Corrugated (shipping boxes)
• Brown paper bags (brown lunch bags or grocery bags)
• Kraft paper inserts from newspapers
   

• No food or oil stained material
• No pizza boxes
• No wax-coated material

CHIPBOARD

• Non-corrugated single-ply cardboard (cereal boxes, Kleenex boxes, paper towel tubes, shoe boxes)
   

METALS

• Aluminum cans (crush if possible)
• Foil food containers (Clean!)
• Scrap aluminum
   

• No aluminum foil
• No tin cans
• No hangers or wire
• No chemical, paint or aerosol cans

PLASTICS

• #1 plastics — clear, green transparent, blue transparent
• #2 plastics—translucent milk jugs

Please separate your #1 and #2 plastics.

• No plastics that are unmarked
• No #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 Please check for the number, even if the plastic appears to be clear, as sometimes it may be #6 or other!
• No items with metal or plastic tops or spouts

OTHER

• Ink jet printer cartridges
• Laser jet printer cartridges
• Packing ‘peanuts’

(We recycle peanuts for community use)
 

• No Styrofoam
• No glass
• No household hazardous waste

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