Acceptable Plastics
Only plastics coded #1, #2, #4, #5, #6, and #7 are acceptable. Containers must be rinsed and caps left on all bottles. Examples of each number plastic are below.
#1 Plastic (PET): Soft drink bottles, water bottles, juice bottles, liquor bottles, cooking oil bottles, peanut butter containers, dish soap bottles, mouth wash bottles, clear egg cartons, bakery, clamshells, trays, oven/microwavable trays, prescription bottles and vials.
#2 Plastic (HDPE): Plastic juice, milk, laundry soap, shampoo, and windshield washer containers (acceptable if no skull symbol)
#4, #5, and #6 Plastics: Yogurt containers, margarine tubs and lids
Other Acceptable Items
- Advertising/Junk Mail
- Aluminum Plates and Trays
- Aluminum Cans
- Aluminum Foil
- Bills, Statements
- Brown Kraft Paper
- Black Plastic Clamshell Containers
- Black Plastic Food Trays
- Books (soft covered only or hard covers removed)
- Boxboard (cereal boxes, egg cartons)
- Catalogues
- Clean Pizza Boxes (no food or grease)
- Containers (i.e. frozen juice containers)
- Cookie Tins
- Corrugated Cardboard (flattened, bundled, and no larger than 1m x 1m x 0.5m)
- Copy Paper
- Fast Food/Coffee Cups (not styrofoam)
- Flyers
- Glass Bottles
- Household Paper
- Magazines
- Milk and Juice Cartons, rinsed
- Metal Food and Beverage Cans, rinsed
- Metal Paint Cans (empty, dry, lid removed)
- Molded Pulp (i.e. coffee trays, paper moulds for packaging)
- Newspapers, Newsprint
- Office Paper
- Paper Cores (toilet, paper towel)
- Paper cups
- Phone Books
- Plant Containers to Grow Seedlings
- Prescription Bottles and Vials (2 inches or greater)
- Spiral Wound Frozen Food (i.e. juice concrete)
- Tetra Pak Boxes
- Writing Paper
*Shredded paper is the only acceptable material to be placed in transparent bags