Recycling Paper

Place recyclable paper loose in your recycling cart. Do NOT use plastic bags.

Recyclable Paper

• Newspapers and Inserts
• Magazines
• Catalogs
• Junk Mail and Envelopes (No product samples; envelope labels and windows are OK)
• Boxboard (thin cardboard like cereal boxes, shoe boxes, soda cartons, etc.)
• Holiday and greeting cards
• Wrapping paper (but not ribbons and bows)
• Phone books
• Home Office Paper (Stickies, manilla envelopes and file folders and paper ream wrappers are OK)
• Paper bags, except gift bags

These Papers Cannot Be Recycled

• Pizza boxes
• Wet, soiled or food-stained paper
• Paper towels, facial or toilet tissue
• Disposable paper plates and cups (disposable plastic plates and cups can be recycled after rinsed)
• Gift bags
• Milk and juice cartons

Shredded Paper

You can recycle shredded paper, as long as the paper met the recycling guidelines before it was shredded. Please use paper bags to hold shredded paper and place it in your Single Stream Recycling cart. Do not place shredded paper in plastic bags.

Recyclable Items

• Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail & office paper
• Aluminum, steel & tin cans
• Glass bottles and jars, all colors
• Rigid Plastic (#1 through #7)
• Corrugated cardboard.