The following items are accepted in the Recycle Cart. (If it’s not on the list below, please trash the item.)
Please make sure items are EMPTY, CLEAN & DRY
- Office paper (any color)
- Newspaper & magazines
- Paperboard (like cereal & shoe boxes)
- Junk mail and catalogs
- Paper tubes
- Paper egg cartons
- Paperback books
- Shredded paper in a paper bag
- Cardboard – If your business or complex does not have a separate cardboard container, you may place cardboard in the mixed Recycle Cart. Flatten, but do not cut into small pieces. If cardboard does not fit in the cart, it must be packed in 2’x2’x2′ bundles or smaller and tied with twine or string. Set bundles next to cart on pickup day.
- Glass bottles & jars (clean; remove metal lids)
- Aluminum cans & foil (clean)
- Plastic bottles, tubs & jugs (clean; okay to leave caps on)
- Tin & bi-metal cans and food trays (clean)
- Pressurized aerosol cans (empty & dry)
- Paint cans (empty & dry)


The following items are not accepted in the Recycle Cart.
- Mailing envelopes with plastic lining
- Waxed or plastic-coated paper or cardboard
- Paper towels or tissues
- Wrapping paper
- Food soiled paper
- Juice, soup, soy, milk boxes & cartons
- Paper cups
- Styrofoam (with or without the triangle arrows label)
- Compostable plastic (with or without the triangle arrows label)
- Light bulbs and CFLs
- Fluorescent light bulbs*
- Plate glass, windows or mirrors
- Ceramics, Dinnerware, Pyrex
- Plastic bags
- Juice bags & pouches
- Metal hangers
- Full or partially full paint cans (metal)*
- Full or partially full Pressurized aerosol cans*
- Propane tanks*
*To dispose of these hazardous wastes visit our Hazardous Waste page.