What Materials Can I Recycle?

Here is the link to the Waste Management site listing what is acceptable in recycling:

Recyclables Did You Know – MD

Since so much IS acceptable in the recycling bin, it may be easier to begin with a list of what is NOT recyclable:

UNACCEPTABLE FIBER/PAPER

NO:

• Used paper towels, tissues
• Used paper plates, cups, etc.
• Metallic wrapping paper
• Wax paper, laminated paper
• Any paper contaminated with food waste
• Loose, shredded paper (must be contained in one tied or sealed bag)

UNACCEPTABLE NON-FIBER

NO:

• Styrofoam (cups, plates, bowls, to-go containers, and foam packing material of any kind)
• Materials contaminated with food/grease
• Trash/Food Waste
• Colored plastic film (such as candy and food wrappers or bags, colored plastic bags)
• Loose plastic film (must be contained within one bag!)
• Plastic cutlery (forks, knives, spoons)
• Non-container glass (cookward, plate glass, pyrex)
• Motor oil containers
• Ceramics
• Construction and Demolition Materials
• Wood
• Vinyl Siding
• Mixed colors of broken glass
• Mirror or window glass
• Metal or plastic caps/lids
• Crystal

Things you CAN recycle:

ACCEPTABLE NON-FIBER: PLASTIC, GLASS & METAL

• Aluminum Food & Beverage Containers
• Steel/tin cans such as soup & vegetable cans
• Aluminum foil and aluminum pie pans
• Glass containers: jars and bottles
• Aerosol cans (empty)
• Plastic bottles, jars, and jugs  — but always clean of food waste.
• Rigid plastics which include plastic milk/soda crates, plastic buckets with metal handles, plastic laundry baskets, plastic lawn furniture, plastic totes, plastic drums, plastic coolers, plastic flower pots, plastic drinking cups/glasses, plastic 5-gallon water bottles, plastic pallets, plastic toys and empty plastic garbage/recycling bins

ACCEPTABLE FIBER/PAPER: Clean, dry paper that can be torn

• Newspapers (with inserts)
• Magazines and Catalogs
• Junk mail (Unsolicited Direct Mail)
• Cardboard and Paperboard Boxes (Clean, including all cereal boxes without liners, frozen food packaging, etc.)
• Corrugated Cardboard
• Colored Paper
• Card Stock
• Books (including paperbacks, textbooks, and hardbacks)
• Office Paper (including typing, fax, copy and letterhead) and Envelopes
• Computer Printouts
• Brown Paper Bags (kraft)
• Telephone Books
• Non-Metallic Wrapping Paper
• Aseptic/Gable-Top Milk and Juice Cartons
• Shredded paper contained in a sealed or tied bag