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| Glass |
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What is
accepted |
Glass food and
beverage containers, including wine and beer bottles,
wide mouth jars. |
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How to
prepare |
Remove metal lids and caps & place
with cans
Rinse to avoid odors & insects
Labels do not need to be removed |
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Do
not include |
Window glass or light bulbs
Drinking glasses or stemware
Mirrors
China, ceramics, crockery
Porcelain, Pyrex or vases |
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| Metal
cans |
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What is
accepted |
Aluminum cans
Tin/bimetal cans
Metal lids from jars and bottles |
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How to
prepare |
Rinse to avoid odors & insects
Remove labels |
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Do not
include |
Scrap metal
Coat hangers
Aerosol cans
Propane tanks |
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| Paper & cardboard |
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What is
accepted |
Newspaper including inserts, newsprint
publications
Magazines including catalogs and glossy paper
Junk mail including envelopes, white/colored office paper, binder paper, gift paper
(no plastic/foil lining)
Telephone books and catalogs
Cardboard (flattened and bundled in 2'x2' squares)
Carton board (bagged or bundled) including cereal/cracker boxes (no liners), 6-pack
cartons,
Brown paper bags (bagged or bundled)
Egg cartons (paperboard only) |
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How to
prepare |
Shredded paper
okay (Please bag)
Staples and tape okay
Plastic windows from envelopes okay
Flatten cardboard to 2'x2' in order to fit in truck's compartment
Flatten carton board boxes, laundry detergent boxes okay
NCR (pressure sensitive) paper okay |
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Do not
include |
Rubber bands or plastic wrap from newspapers
Adhesive or sticky-backed paper (e.g., "Post-It" notes)
Carbon paper, thermal fax paper or photographs
Napkins, paper towels, facial tissue, plates or soiled paper
Books
Pizza boxes
Waxed cardboard or cardboard saturated with poultry or meat juices
Remove plastic/foil lining from cereal/cracker boxes |
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Tip: Tear a corner of your frozen food
packaging. If you see no plastic microfilm layer, recycle the container with
your paper. Otherwise dispose of the packaging in the garbage. |
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| Plastic |
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What is
accepted |
Narrow and open
necked plastic containers (any color) including soda
bottles, detergent and shampoo bottles. Usually marked
on bottom with PET #1 and HDPE #2. Plastic tubs (margarine,
yogurt type) |
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How to
prepare |
Rinse plastic milk jugs to avoid odors
Flatten containers
Remove plastic caps and dispose in garbage |
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(Note) |
Chico and Paradise
only
Expanded plastics collection
Plastic food containers 1 through 6 are accepted with
the curbside recycling program. This includes narrow-necked
containers and tub containers (typically used for yogurt,
cottage cheese and margarine). No plastic bags or Styrofoam
(e.g. takeout containers or meat trays). |
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| Yard
Waste |
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What is
accepted |
Grass clippings, leaves, weeds, brush
and branches
Prunings less than 5’ long and 2’’ in diameter
Fruit and veggies |
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Do not
include |
Plastic, glass, cans or paper
Poison oak, bamboo or palm fronds, dirt or rocks
Food or animal waste
Prunings more than 5’ long and 2” in diameter |
