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SOLID WASTE & HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Waste Management, Inc.
Recyclable, Non Recyclable & Green Waste Items:


Acceptable Recyclable Materials Items:

  • Newspaper with inserts, coupons, and store advertisements
  • Corrugated cardboard
  • Mixed waste paper, including; colored paper, construction paper
  • Kraft bags and Kraft paper, paperboard, egg cartons, grocery bags
  • Chip board, including; shoe, cereal and, tissue boxes
  • Office paper, computer paper, junk mail, envelopes, legal pad and backings.
  • Magazines and catalogs
  • Phone books
  • Glass containers such as brown, clear, and green, bottles, jugs and jars including caps and lids
  • Aluminum beverage containers, food containers and clean foil
  • Steel, tin and bi-metal cans
  • Plastic bottles, jugs such as milk jugs, shampoo bottles, household cleaning product, both colored and clear including caps and lids
  • Plastic beverage containers such as water bottles, soda bottles and juice bottles both clear and colored including caps and lids

Items NOT Acceptable as Recycled Materials:

  • Mirrors, window and auto glass
  • Packing material such as bubble wrap, plastic peanuts
  • Carpet and textiles
  • CDs and DVDs
  • Ceramics and tile
  • Diapers
  • Styrofoam
  • Foam and sponges
  • Water hoses
  • Light bulbs
  • Leather
  • Food waste such as; meat, fish, poultry, bones, dairy products, fruit, vegetables and grain products
  • Pens and pencils
  • Pet waste and kitty litter
  • Photographs and film
  • Plastic hangers, utensils, straws, bags (including grocery bags)

Acceptable Green Waste Materials:

  • Grass clippings
  • Leaves
  • Brush
  • Pruning
  • Wood (unpainted and untreated and less than 3” in width and 36” in length)
  • Branches (less than 3” in width and 36” in length)
  • Flowers
  • Pine needles
  • Pine cones