What can I recycle?

Paper, plastic, glass and metal. Recycling is easy when you know what goes where. Click the lists below to show some common items you can recycle all together in your recycling bin. Also check out our Recycling FAQ and the Recycling Worst Offenders List, a list of unrecyclable materials that confuse a lot of people.

• Paper & Cardboard

  • Mixed paper: office paper, paper bags, junk mail and colored paper
  • Magazines, newspapers and phonebooks
  • Corrugated cardboard and paperboard
  • Read more about Paper

• Plastic — All Hard Plastic & Most Plastic Bags!

  • Plastics 1 and 2
  • Plastics 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
  • NEW! Plastic Bags
  • Read more about Plastic

• Glass Bottles & Jars

  • Bottles (clear, green, brown, amber and blue)
  • Jars with tops off (tops are metal, see below).
  • Read more about Glass Bottles & Jars

• Metals — All Metal

  • Clean aluminum foil and pie plates
  • Metal Cans of all types (aluminum, steel, tin, bi-metal and Empty aerosol cans)
  • Pots, pans and other metal objects
  • Read more about Metals

Worst Offenders — NOT RECYCLABLE

These items are not recyclable in your blue bin, even though many people think they are. Our site lists innovative ways to recycle, reduce and reuse many of them, but please do not put these in your recycling container.

• Styrofoam
• Electronics
• Batteries
• Complete list on the Recycling FAQ page.

What is in the Recycle section?

Below is a complete list of items in this section. Use the links below or find them with search bar.