- Cardboard boxes (large boxes, flattened and stacked next to bin)
- Multi-layered corrugated cardboard
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- Copy paper ream wrappers
- Egg cartons (cardboard only – not Styrofoam)
- Envelopes with and without windows
- File folders
- Glossy paper (brochures, magazines, catalogs, newspaper inserts, etc.)
- Junk mail
- Milk and juice cartons
- NewspapersOffice paper (all colors)
- Paper bags
- Paper plates
- Paperboard (cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, shoe boxes, beverage cartons, gift boxes, and any other single-layered paperboard)
- Pizza boxes
- Post-It notes/self adhesive paper
- Shredded paper (bag it so it doesn’t make a mess)
- Soft cover (novels, notebooks, etc.) and hardcover books
- Telephone books
- Thin paper (fax paper, receipts, etc.)
- Tissue paper
- Wrapping paper
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- Aluminum cans (soda cans, etc.)
- Aluminum foil and trays
- Drinking glasses
- Aerosol cans (must be completely empty and must not have contained hazardous material)
- Glass bottles and jars
- Incidentals such as labels, caps and neck rings on plastic containers, and the pump in a hand soap bottle
- Metal food and beverage cans. Lids and labels are okay.
- Plastic bags or packaging with recycling symbols #1-7
- Wire hangers (fastened together and placed alongside bins)
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- Batteries (collected separately)
- Bubble wrap
- Carbon paper
- Ceramics
- Computers or other electronic devices
- Containers that held toxic or hazardous materials (paint, solvents, etc.)
- Cookware
- Flatware/silverware
- Light bulbs
- Mirrors
- Pots and pans
- Saran wrap
- Scissors
- Small appliances (curling irons, toasters, electric toothbrushes, etc.)
- Styrofoam (containers, cups, packing material)Tissues, napkins, or paper towels
- Twine, ribbon, string
- Window glass
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