Reuse or put in the garbage.
Do not recycle: Plastic food bags often contain food residue and moisture that contaminate the rest of the plastic material.
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Put only clean, non-greasy cardboard in your backyard compost or in your blue box.
Grease contaminates the recycling process. Boxes are also fine for composting.
Plastic PET #1 Bottles can be recycled.
Rinse containers, put caps and small lids less than 3 inches in diameter in the garbage.
This recyclable item is banned from your garbage.
Reuse containers if you can.
Plastic HDPE #2 jugs can be recycled.
Rinse containers, put caps and small lids less than 3 inches in diameter in the garbage.
This recyclable item is banned from your garbage.
Reuse containers if you can.
Any number, you can recycle all plastic food containers: bottles, dairy tubs, jugs, and jars.
Rinse containers, put caps and small lids less than 3 inches in diameter in the garbage.
This recyclable item is banned from your garbage.
Reuse containers if you can.
Unfortunately, these can not go into the blue box or wheelie bin.
All beverage cups go into the garbage. Consider using reusable containers.
To recycle, stuff clean and dry plastic bags into one bag and put in your blue box or wheelie bin.
Only qrocery and retail shopping bags are okay. Frozen food, produce, bread, and Ziploc bags are not okay.
Clean and dry paper bags can be recycled, food-soiled bags go in the garbage.
Please help reduce waste: reuse your bags, or carry canvas shopping bags.
Take your nail and scratch the surface. If you have wax under your nail, these cannot go into the blue box or wheelie bin. Rip part of the box and if you see a plastic layer, these cannot be recycled either. Dispose with your garbage.
If there is no wax or plastic layer, they can be recycled in your blue box or wheelie bin.
All types of food waste can go in your Green Cone digester. This includes meat, bones, egg shells and dairy. Learn more here.
The Association recommends home composting instead of the in sink garbage disposer, for environmental and cost reasons. Garbage disposers use a lot of water, and also take up valuable capacity at the sewage treatment plant or septic system.
Food waste can easily be composted in your backyard. Be sure to use a rodent-proof method, and do not home-compost meat, fish or dairy. These items can go in the garbage.
