What
to Recycle
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Aluminum cans
Rinse
Deposit loose in MIXED CONTAINERS section
NO plastic bags
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for the Drop-off location nearest you |
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Glass bottles and jars
Rinse
Remove lids and tops
Labels OK
Deposit loose in MIXED CONTAINERS section
NO plastic bags
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Click here
for the Drop-off location nearest you
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Plastic containers
(#'s 1 & 2 - look for the plastic number
code in a triangle embossed on plastic containers.
Click here for more on plastic.)
Rinse, remove lids and tops
Deposit loose in MIXED CONTAINERS section
NO plastic bags
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Newspaper
Remove magazines and glossy inserts
Deposit loose in PAPER section
NO plastic bags
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here for the Drop-off location nearest you
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Cardboard
Corrugated cardboard only
NO cereal boxes, detergent boxes, tissue boxes, etc.
MUST flatten boxes
Deposit in PAPER section |
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here for the Drop-off location nearest you
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White office paper
White bond paper only
NO colored paper, envelopes, junk mail, tape, stick-on
labels, rubber bands, magazines, newspaper
Deposit loose in PAPER section
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Click
here for the Drop-off location nearest you
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Colored office paper
Colored bond paper only
NO envelopes, junk mail, tape, stick-on labels, rubber
bands, magazines, newspaper
Deposit loose in PAPER section
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here for the Drop-off location nearest you
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Cute, yeah? And they're doing
it right, too -- emptying the bag, depositing the containers
loose, and notice that the caps have been removed from the
soda bottles. |
All other opala goes into your refuse bin, including:
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Plastic bags
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Styrofoam
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Junk mail or magazines
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Telephone books
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Cereal boxes and other chipboard
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Paper other than newspaper and corrugated cardboard
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Plastic containers other than #1 and #2 (plastic codes 3-7)
These low-grade papers and plastics are combustible and provide greater benefit
to the island in local energy production than shipping to distant markets to
be made into new products. Your refuse is processed at the H-POWER waste-to-energy
facility.
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Tin or steel food cans; other metals
No need to sort. Mechanical separators pull ferrous and non-ferrous metals from
the trash for recycling at H-POWER.
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Ceramics, dishes, glassware, window glass, light bulbs, mirrors
