Green Tips & Facts

What can you recycle?
  • All paper including colored
  • Envelopes, magazines, newspapers, manila files folders
  • Post-its, phone books
  • Corrugated cardboard
  • Food boxes, juice boxes, milk and juice cartons
  • It is not necessary to remove staples and paperclips from paper before recycling
  • All plastic containers with *PETE (#1) and HDPE (#2), 3, 4, 5, & 7 symbols underneath
  • Aluminum, tin, steel, and aerosol cans
  • All glass bottles and jars
  • Please rinse all recycled containers.
What cannot be recycled?
  • Plastic bags, plastic wrap
  • #6 plastic
  • Appliances, electronics, batteries, or computer parts
  • Styrofoam
  • Anything with food residue
  • Wax coated boxes
  • Light bulbs, mirrors, clothing hangers
  • Ring binders, colored file folders, & bound books (with glue binding).
  • Laminated paper, paper towels, napkins or facial tissues
  • Miscellaneous metals including wire and tools
  • Cookware: including pots and pans, dishes and drinking glasses.
  • Carpet and chemical containers
  • Motor oil bottles.
Eco-friendly products
  • www.ecoproducts.com
  • www.pristineplanet.com
  • www.ecoshopper.net
  • www.modernecohomes.com
  • www.buyenergyefficient.org
  • www.energystar.gov
  • www.mrelliepooh.com
Eco-friendly shops and restaurants