Commonly acceptable paper materials

White ledger paper, computer and copy machine paper, white ledger pads and adding machine tape.

News Quality Papers: newspaper, phone books, wide-lined newsprint Folders: manilla, advertisements, magazines

Correspondence: legal pad paper, colored paper and message sheets, self adhesive notes, index cards, fax paper

Envelopes: with or without windows, with labels, colored and coated

Brown Paper: brown envelopes, brown grocery bags, cereal boxes, beverage cartons, grey cartons and clean pizza boxes (without grease)

Cardboard Boxes: broken down into 3 feet by 3 feet sections

Unacceptable paper materials:

Text Books: the glue binding contaminates the paper

Candy Wrappers: candy and sugars contaminate the paper

Facial tissue and papertowels: these items are contaiminated

Commonly acceptable plastic materials:

Plastic bottles #1 (PETE) soda, water, shampoo and other small mouth bottles. Plastic bottles #2 (HDPE) milk, detergent and other small bottles

Unacceptable plastic materials:

Oil jugs, Plastic plates, cups and utensils, butter tubs, plastic bags, Toys, Film Containers

Commonly acceptable metals include:

Aluminum cans: beverage and food cans. Steel cans: soup, food and aerosol cans.

Unacceptable metals:

All scrap metal - (except at Runpke Recycling buy-back centers)

Pots and pans, coat hangers, Paint cans

Acceptable glass

Glass bottles and jars: clear, brown, blue and green. (Please rinse and remove lids)

Unacceptable glass:

Window glass, Drinking glasses, Fish tanks, Light Bulbs