Recycling

Acceptable Paper

• Newspapers
• Corrugated Boxes
• Cereal Boxes
• Magazines
• Junk Mail
• White and Colored Paper
• Paper Bags
• Phone Books

Special Instructions:

- Remove all plastic parts
- Do not tie newspaper with string
- Flatten corrugated cardboard
- Remove product samples from magazines and catalogs
- Open junk mail and recycle loose

Unacceptable Paper

• Refrigerated or frozen food boxes
• Carbonless [NCR] forms with your office paper
• Animal food bags
• Wax coated Corrugated
• Detergent boxes
• Motor oil containers
• Plate glass, dishes or cookware
• Milk and Juice Containers (Wax coated)

Acceptable Plastics

• Any plastics between 2" on all sides and 2' on any one side.
• Containers & packaging with the recycling numbers #1 through #7.
• View and print a leaflet explaining what plastics can be recycled: Recycling Just Got Easier (PDF, 136 KB)

Special Instructions:

- Rinse Clean
- Discard caps & lids under 2 inches
- Labels & neck rings are OK
- DO NOT tie with string

Examples of acceptable plastics:

- Milk, Cider, Water & Windshield Washer Fluid Jugs
- Bottles used for cleaning products
- Laundry bleach jugs
- Shampoo & dishwashing detergent bottles
- Soda & seltzer bottles
- Juice & water bottles
- Cooking oil bottles
- Peanut butter jars
- Sour cream, cottage cheese & yogurt tubs
- Non-foam plastic egg cartons
- Frozen food trays
- Hinged food containers (such as fast food & deli containers)
- Pastry & cookie trays
- Tupperware & other similar containers
- Vegetable & fruit containers
- Dairy Tubs and Lids 2” or larger
- Flower Pots & Seedling Trays
- 5 Gallon Buckets (handles removed)
- Plastic Molded Packaging
- 6 and 12 pack Beverage Containers (wet-strength)

Non-Acceptable Plastics
- Caps & lids under 2” wide
- Styrofoam (packaging blocks, packing peanuts & egg cartons)
- Toys, laundry baskets, sleds, housewares
- Plastic film (grocery bags, bread bags & Tyvek envelopes)
- Containers used to hold motor oil
- Manufacturing scrap
- Electronics housing

Acceptable Containers

• Clear, green and brown glass bottles and jars
• Milk and Water Bottles
• Soda Bottles
• Steel and Aluminum Cans
• Empty Aerosol Cans
• Aluminum Foil and Food Containers
• Plastic #1 [PETE]
• Plastic #2 [HDPE]
• Plastic #3
• Plastic #4
• Plastic #5
• Plastic #6
• Plastic #7

Special Instructions:

- Containers can be mixed together
- Rinse clean
- Remove and discard caps and lids
- Labels & neck rings are OK
- DO NOT tie with string

Unacceptable Containers
• No plastic motor oil bottles
• No plate glass, dishes or cookware
 

Computers are collected at all of our drop off and transfer station locations.
- They should be intact (parts and motherboards are priced higher).
- Computers are sent to Good-Point Recycling in Middlebury, VT for recycling or remanufacturing.

Hard and soft cover books are collected at the Johnson and Stowe Transfer Stations.

Books cannot be moldy or yellowed with age.