Recycling Tips

• keep newspaper separate from cardboard
• flatten and bundle boxes so they fit better into the Blue Box
• rinse cans and bottles thoroughly before placing in the Blue Box
• place steel lids and jar lids in their bottles and jars to keep them together
• DO NOT put tubs (i.e. margarine or yogurt containers) in the Blue Box
• Cardboard and boxboard can be placed together
• Anything with the 'recycle' symbol should be placed in a Blue Box if at all possible
• Plastic lids should be thrown out

Papers: 

• Newspaper
• Magazines
• Household fine paper
• Catalogues
• Telephone books
• Boxboard
• Cardboard

This includes advertising inserts and glossy flyers; white, brown, or coloured writing and mailed papers;  and photocopy paper and envelopes.

Bottles and Cans:  

• Glass bottles
• Glass jars
• Steel or aluminum jars and pop cans
• Foil
• Plastic pop and water bottles

This includes: beverage and food containers; anti-freeze, laundry detergent, or javex bottles; and soap bottles.

Definintions

Corrugated cardboard is: layered cardboard with a ripple between layers

Boxboard is: cereal, detergent, shoe boxes, etc.

Plastic bottles are: those marked on the side or bottom with the 'recycle' symbol

Metal containers are: food or beverage containers made of steel or aluminum

Municipal Waste and Recycling Consultants
1-800-430-7778