What items can be recycled in the city?
Category:
Recycling Pickup
WHAT TO RECYCLE AND HOW TO PREPARE IT FOR CURBSIDE PICKUP
GLASS BOTTLES and JARS:
* Clean bottles and jars from food and/or drink. No caps. Labels are okay.
* NO window glass, mirrors, light bulbs, broken glass, ceramics or pottery.
TIN and ALUMINUM:
* Clean tin and aluminum cans. Labels are okay
* Kitchen cookware, metal pots, pans, tins and utensils
* Empty aerosol cans. No caps.
* Place lids inside cans and crush cans
Aluminum foil, trays, hangers or pie tins
PLASTIC:
* Rinse clean and flatten. Labels are okay. No caps.
* Small-neck containers marked "1" or "2" (examples include milk and water jugs, and laundry bottles).
* Wide-mouth containers marked "3" through "7," such as margarine, cottage cheese, peanut butter, etc..
* Plastic bags (retail and grocery bags).
* NO TV trays.
* NO motor oil containers.
NEWSPRINT:
* Place newspapers in brown paper (or plastic) bag, or tie in bundles, and place inside or next to recycling bin.
* Newspapers with ALL inserts, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, and brown paper bags
MIXED PAPERS:
* White, colored, computer, stationery and notebook papers.
* Advertisement fliers -- both glossy and non-glossy.
* Cardboard (flattened)
* Index cards, post cards, and paper envelopes.
* Place all items in brown paper (or plastic) bag, or inside or next to recycling bin.
The following items are NOT picked up at curbside for recycling but MAY be brought to the Recycling Center:
GLASS BOTTLES and JARS:
* Clean bottles and jars from food and/or drink. No caps. Labels are okay.
* NO window glass, mirrors, light bulbs, broken glass, ceramics or pottery.
TIN and ALUMINUM:
* Clean tin and aluminum cans. Labels are okay
* Kitchen cookware, metal pots, pans, tins and utensils
* Empty aerosol cans. No caps.
* Place lids inside cans and crush cans
Aluminum foil, trays, hangers or pie tins
PLASTIC:
* Rinse clean and flatten. Labels are okay. No caps.
* Small-neck containers marked "1" or "2" (examples include milk and water jugs, and laundry bottles).
* Wide-mouth containers marked "3" through "7," such as margarine, cottage cheese, peanut butter, etc..
* Plastic bags (retail and grocery bags).
* NO TV trays.
* NO motor oil containers.
NEWSPRINT:
* Place newspapers in brown paper (or plastic) bag, or tie in bundles, and place inside or next to recycling bin.
* Newspapers with ALL inserts, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, and brown paper bags
MIXED PAPERS:
* White, colored, computer, stationery and notebook papers.
* Advertisement fliers -- both glossy and non-glossy.
* Cardboard (flattened)
* Index cards, post cards, and paper envelopes.
* Place all items in brown paper (or plastic) bag, or inside or next to recycling bin.
The following items are NOT picked up at curbside for recycling but MAY be brought to the Recycling Center:
* Car batteries, scrap metal, brass, copper, aluminum and electrical wire
Additional Recycling information can be obtained through the Sanitation Department at (586) 775-1400 or updated through the website here.
Updated 3/28/2013 6:26 PM