Recycling is Easy
Recycling is easy! Here’s how to get started…
Set aside an area in your home to collect the items listed on this page. A home collection center can be as simple as a cardboard box lined with a plastic bag or open plastic bags. Keep paper items in a separate bag since they must be kept dry.
Contact your area recycling center for a drop-off recycling location near you. Make a plan to drop items off whenever you are near that location.
Recycle the following items:
Paper
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Catalogs
- Phone Books
- Junk Mail - If mailed in plastic sleeve, remove from plastic.
- Office and School Papers
- No construction or dark paper
- No contaminants (glue, gum, etc.)
- Keep paper dry - Wet paper cannot be recycled - it will be thrown away
Plastic Bottles
Look for the triangle with “1” or “2” on the bottom of the bottle.
Includes the following items:
- Clear and colored beverage bottles
- Milk and juice jugs
- Ketchep, mayonnaise bottles, etc.
- Liquid soap & detergent bottles
- Lotion, & shampoo bottles, etc.
- Plastic coffee containers
Remove lid, empty remaining contents and rinse clean. Do not replace lid.
- No butter or whipped topping lids or containers — It must have a neck to be a bottle!
- No auto fluid, pesticide or herbicide bottles!
Aluminum & Tin Cans
- Household beverage and food cans.
- Empty contents and rinse clean. Metal lids can be dropped into the opened can.
- Labels do not need to be removed.
- No gas cans, wet paint cans or aerosol cans.
Cardboard & Box Board
- Flattened cardboard boxes, pizza boxes, cereal, dry food and shoe boxes, etc.
- No waxed, frozen food or beverage cartons.
- Cardboard can be taken wet or dry!
Where to recycle other items:
- Plastic Bags — Take them back to major chains—Wal-Mart, Kroger, JCPenney. Use as can liners or to sack recyclables.
- Rechargeable Batteries — Electronics stores like Radio Shack, Staples, Wal-Mart usually accept these.
- Used Motor Oil — Return it where you got it—Auto Zone, Advance Auto Parts, O-Reilly’s, & Wal-Mart all accept oil.
- Fluorescent Lights — Contact area lighting and electrical stores. Buy from stores that will recycle your old tubes and lamps.
- Computers & TVs — Contact your recycling center, or White River RSWD
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