Types of Recycling

Paper Recycling

Office paper

Newspapers

magazines with glossy pages

plastic-lined paper drink cartons (food stained paper tissues/ napkins)

cardboard

Plastics Recycling

All plastics have a number ranging 1-7 inside a triangle to categorize them from easy plastics to hard plastics.

Easy plastics are numbers 1 and 2, like soda and water bottles, milk bottles, bleach and detergent bottles.

Less commonly recycled plastics are numbers 3 to 6, like baby bottle nipples, shower curtains, Tupperware, Styrofoam, and plastic utensils.

The hardest to recycle it number 7, like baby bottles, sippy cups, water cooler bottles, or car parts.

Steel/Aluminum Recycling

Food Cans

aluminum cans

aluminum foil and foil packaging

paint cans and aerosol cans

Glass Recycling

Glass is recycled according to color: brown, green, clear (container glass)

lightbulbs, sheet glass, mirrors (may/may not be accepted)

fluorescent lightbulbs.

Trash Recycling

Can be recycled different ways.

In-vessel Composting: mixes food waste with garden waste to become compost for plants.

The second is anaerobic digestion: uses microorganisms to break down food waste, animal manure, and energy crops to generate electricity, heat, or fertilizer.

Electronic Recycling

Any electronic that plugs into a wall, has cords, or batteries.

Cell phones, laptops, computers, etc.