The Altogether Recycling™ program is the most comprehensive recycling program
available. Here is a list of acceptable items that can be mixed “Altogether” in one
container:
- Newspaper (including inserts)
- Corrugated Cardboard * Office Paper
- Mixed Paper
- Chipboard (Cereal and Tissue Boxes)
- Brown Paper Bags
- Aluminum
- Steel or Tin Cans
- Empty Aerosol Cans
- Glass Bottles
- Aluminum foil
- Pie Tins
- Detergent Bottles (Tide)
- Plastic Milk Jugs, Yogurt Containers
- Magazines
- Bulk or Junk Mail
You No Longer Have to Sort –
To prepare your items to be recycled, please rinse outcontainers to remove as much of the food residue as possible. Also, please discard lids, caps, and pumps on bottles. In addition, please make sure there are NO PLASTIC BAGS mixed in your recyclables.
Here are some more helpful hints when deciding whether you can recycle the item:
- Plastic – We accept plastic containers numbered 1 & 2. Here are some examples of plastics that are okay to recycle:
- Soda, water, and juice bottles
- Liquid detergent and other cleaning supply bottles
- Condiment bottles (ketchup, mustard, etc)
- Milk jugs and orange juice plastic jugs (no paper cartons)
- Plastic Items NOT accepted:
- NO PLASTIC BAGS
- NO plastic egg cartons
- NO six-pack ring holders
- NO plastic tubs
- NO plastic plates
- Steel – Please make sure any aerosol cans are totally empty. This would include containers such as shaving cream and hairspray cans. Labels are okay.
- Cardboard – Make sure to flatten cardboard. No wax-lined cardboard is accepted in the recycling mix. Wax-lined cardboard can be composted.
- Brown paper bags – NO PLASTIC BAGS
- Chip or Paperboard – This type of material includes items such as:
- Cereal boxes
- Soda carrier boxes
- Tissue holders
- Other food boxes such as popcorn or microwave food boxes (not the cooking sleeves)
- Paper egg cartons are okay
- Paper towel and toilet paper tubes
- Newspaper – We accept the entire newspaper including the inserts and ads
- Office Paper – All types of office paper are accepted. If you can tear it, we can take it. All colors are fine as well. Don’t worry about paperclips, staples, tape, and sticky notes. These are all okay in the mix. NO TYVEK (polyethylene fiber) plastic, over-night mailing folders.
- Bulk or Junk Mail – This material is okay as well. Do not worry about any stamps or staples or sticky notes in this material, either. Remember, if you can tear it, we can take it. Again, NO TYVEK (polyethylene fiber) plastic, over-night mailing folders.
- Magazines, Catalogs, Phone Books — Please discard plastic bags around these items and items such as CDs and magnets. Everything else is okay.