Recycle at Work Intranet - What is Recyclable?


Bottles			Collection Bin
		Aluminum soda cans Brown, clear and green glass bottles and jars Plastic soda & water bottles Remove caps & tops before recycling
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	Plastics		Collection Bin
		Plastic food containers #1-7 (excluding PS #6) Remove caps, lids and plastic straws before recycling

	Includes plastic trays in boxed cookies or chocolates, some "soft" bottles.




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Cans			Collection Bin
		Aluminum foil, trays & tins Bimetal cans Tin cans
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Paper Goods		Collection Bin
	Newspaper (including inserts) Mixed paper (including office paper, magazines, catalogues, envelopes, junk mail, bulk mail, packaging, paperboard, Kraft brown bags, paper egg cartons, paperbacks and telephone books) Shredded office paper (in clear bags) Corrugated cardboard
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Plastics		Collection Bin
	Plastic bags and film (stretch wrap, shrink wrap, bubble wrap) Foam plastics (padding, packaging)
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Metals		Collection Bin
	Scrap metal Small appliances Pots and pans Small scrap and cast aluminum Steel including “tin” cans and small scrap (not exceeding forty (40) pounds in weight nor (2) two feet in any dimension for any single item) Empty aerosol cans Paint cans (with no excess pain, dry residue only) Small metal car parts, clean and drained of fluids Clean Sterno cans
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Other		Collection Bin
	Textiles and Leathers Wood Pallets (wood or plastic, whole or damaged, not containerized)
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Lids & caps		Collection Bin
	Lids & bottle caps Food scraps Compact disks Used coffee filters Rubber bands Foil containers/pouches Tyvek^® envelopes Juice/milk cartons & boxes Foam cups & takeout containers Straws Pizza boxes
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