Saginaw Township Waste Management Program - Recycling
RECYCLING - IT'S A 2-STEP
Step 1.
All Paper Items:
Cardboard, Boxboard & Paper
- WHAT
- Cereal & cookie boxes
- Dry food boxes
- Shoe and gift boxes
- Paper towel rolls
- Toilet paper rolls
- Boxes w/multiple layers
- Brown paper bags
- Newspaper w/all inserts
- Phone books
- Magazines
- Catalogs
- Envelopes
- Junk mail
- Computer paper
- Copier paper
- Notebook/writing paper
- NO WAY
- No plastic grocery bags
- No pizza boxes
- No frozen food boxes
- No laundry soap boxes
- No food contamination
- No product samples
- No metal or board inserts
HOW
- Place all these paper items in a paper bag or use a separate bin
- Cut hard covers off books
- flatten boxes & cut cardboard down to 2'x3'
REMEMBER; WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT!
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Step 2.
Commingled Items: Plastics, Glass & Metal
- WHAT
- Plastics #1 & #2
- Individual beverage bottles
- 2 liter soda bottles
- Milk jugs
- Laundry detergent bottles
- Any #1 or #2 plastic container
- Glass
- Clear, brown & green
- Beverage glasses, plates
- Ceramic & cookware
- Plate glass
- Aluminum & Steel Cans
- Aluminum cans & food cans
- Metal can lids & ends
- Foil food trays/pie plates
- Empty aerosol cans
- Clean paint cans
- NO WAY
- Plastics
- No plastic grocery bags
- No motor oil bottles
- No cooking oil bottles
- No packing peanuts
- No foam corners
- No medical items
- Glass
- light bulbs
- No frosted glass
- No blue or black glass
- No mirrors
- Aluminum & Steel Cans
- No large metal scrap
- No coated foil wrappers
- HOW
- Plastics #1 & #2
- Empty & rinse
- Remove plastic lids & caps
- Paper labels okay
- Glass
- Empty & rinse
- Try not to break glass
- Labels okay
- Metal caps or lids okay
- Aluminum &Steel Cans
- Empty & rinse
- Remove plastic lids & caps
- Flatten if possible
- Paper labels okay
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