Recycling reduces carbon emissions, greenhouse gases,
landfill waste and waste disposal costs.
Blue Bin Do’s – Anything that is Dry
- All Clean Paper
Products
-
Magazines/Newspapers/Books
- Binders
- Binding Materials
- File Folders,
Index Cards, etc.
- Cardboard
- Empty beverage
containers
- Plastic Bottles,
glass bottles, jars and metal cans.
Blue
Bin Don’ts – Nothing that is Wet
- No personal hygiene
products
- No soiled paper (used
napkins, paper towels)
- No Food contaminated
Containers
- No Food Scraps
- No Light bulbs
- No packaging
materials such as foam rubber and plastic bubbles, peanut shells, and the
like should be discarded as trash
*All
other materials are surplus materials, universal wastes, or hazardous wastes.
*Toner
cartridges should be returned to the manufacturer.
Additional
Recycling Sites:
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/reduce.htm
www.nrc-recycle.org
www.swana.org
www.plasticresource.com
www.plastics.org
www.npca.org
www.napcor.com
www.earth911.com
