How to Sort Your Blue Box

Recycling

STREAM 1 - BOXES AND PAPER PRODUCTS - SMALL BLUE BIN

Cereal, detergent, catalogues, computer paper, flyers, envelopes, magazines, phone books, egg cartons and dry food boxes
Cardboard includes clean pizza boxes, appliance and packing boxes
ALWAYS flatten and tie into bundles no larger than 30"x30"x8"
Shredded paper goes in a clear plastic bag
This stream goes in your small blue box
DO NOT include Christmas wrapping paper - due to high ink content, it is not possible to recycle

STREAM 2 - FOOD, DRINKS AND LIQUID CONTAINERS - LARGE BLUE BIN

Aluminum, drinking boxes, milk cartons, juice containers, etc.
Glass, steel, plastic (look for numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 inside the recycling logo)
Foil (pie plates)
Spiral wound cardboard cups, ice cream tubs, ridged plastic, empty metal paint cans and empty aerosol cans
ALWAYS make certain containers are empty, remove caps/lids, flatten plastic and aluminum to reduce size
This stream goes in your large blue bin

DO NOT
DO NOT mix materials from stream 1 & 2 DO NOT recycle ceramics, plastic foam, plastic bags, plate glass, broken glass bottles, foil coated paper DO NOT make the box too heavy (45 lbs)

For Questions Contact:

Jarrod Craven

Director of Public Works

Public Works

ext. 245