List of Recyclable Materials

Use this handy list to determine which items you can and cannot recycle in the Single-Stream Recycling program from Allied Waste.

YES!

Recycle all of these items in your new Single-Stream Recycling cart. There's no need to sort.

NO!

Do not include these items in your recycle cart; they may be placed in your trash cart.
  • Newspaper & newspaper inserts
  • Magazines & catalogs
  • Junk mail & envelopes
  • Office & school paper (colored paper, too)
  • Cardboard (must be less than 2ft by 2ft, broken down & placed in the container)
  • Boxboard (cereal, cake and cracker boxes)
  • Brown paper grocery bags
  • Aluminum cans
  • Tin & steel cans (rinsed & labels removed)
  • Bottle Plastics #1 through #7
  • Phonebooks
  • Glass
  • Plastic shopping/grocery bags
  • Shredded paper
  • Food waste, garbage or yard waste
  • Food-tainted items
  • Pizza boxes
  • Egg cartons
  • Ice cream cartons
  • Paper/waxy milk cartons
  • Aluminum foil
  • Non-bottle plastics (like bubble wrap, Styrofoam, hard clear packaging, utensils, toys, etc.)
  • Aerosol cans
  • Diapers/Tissue/Toiletries
  • Juice boxes/bags