Acceptable Materials

The following is a list of recyclable items accepted at our Community Drop-Off locations.
For a printable list, scroll to the bottom.   NO PLASTIC BAGS!  unless used to contain shredded paper.

Paper/Cardboard Items (please refrain from putting paper in plastic bags; they have to be hand-removed by our staff): Commingled Items:
Books: Telephone, soft & hard cover
Please remove any plastic overwrap.  Newspaper & Ad Inserts, Magazines & Glossy Ads:
Please remove any plastic overwrap.Corrugated Cardboard:
Filled with paper OR Flatten!
  Paperboard Boxes & Clean Pizza Boxes: Remove plastics and flatten!Cardboard Egg CartonsOpened Mail, Envelopes (with windows, stamps, & labels), and greeting cards

Office paper, manila/pastel colored folders, brochures, computer printouts, FAX paper, loose-leaf paper, memos, post-its, index cards, and pastel colored paper

Paper shopping bags:
Fill with paper!

Paper tubes: Paper towel, wrapping paper, & toilet paper tubes

Shredded Paper:
Must be bagged or boxed!

Cans: Food & Beverage
Rinse, Insert lids, then bend in top to keep sharp lid inside.
Empty Aerosol Cans

 Clean Aluminum Foil, Pie Pans, and To-Go Containers
Glass Bottles & Jars

Plastic’s #1 – 5, Bottles, Jugs, & Tubs
Non-Acceptable Items
NO scrap metal, auto parts, pots or pansNO dishes, mirrors, light bulbs, window glass, or drinking glassesNO Styrofoam NO Other PlasticsNO Plastic Bags:
Look for a return bin at your local store.NO Motor Oil Bottles

NO Wax-Covered Beverage Cartons or Frozen Food Boxes

NO Tires

We do not accept batteries at our community drop off sites; however, we do have other locations you can take your batteries to be recycled. Click this link (Household Dry Cell Battery Recycling Program) for more information.

Need to print what we accept or save to your computer? View a printable version: Download PDF.