Media’s new recycling vendor can process three types of plastics, types 1, 2 and 5. See below for what types of containers may use those types of plastics. Plastic other than these types will bethrown away. Please - No plastic bags or liners in your bins and rinse and clean all containers before recycling. These prevent the recycling vendor from using automated processing equipment.
Which Plastics Can & Cannot Be Recycled
Look for this symbol on Soft drinks, water, ketchup and beer bottles; mouthwash bottles; peanut butter containers; salad dressing and vegetable oil containers.
Look for this symbol on Milk jugs, juice bottles; bleach, detergent and other household cleaner bottles; shampoo bottles; some trash bags and shopping bags; motor oil bottles; butter and yogurt tubs; cereal box liners.
Look for this symbol on Some takeout containers, yogurt containers; syrup and medicine bottles; caps; straws
Other recycling tips
- Do not put any recycling in plastic bags. The recycling equipment cannot handle these, causing the contents to be thrown away.
- Styrofoam, aerosol cans and black plastic containers cannot be recycled.
- Clamshell container, commonly used for small fruits and vegetables cannot be recycled.
- Shredded paper cannot be recycled. Put it in your compost bin, instead.
- Paper can’t be recycled if it’s mixed with other materials. Remove the bubble wrap or plastic windows before recycling padded packaging or security envelopes.
- Before recycling food and drink cans, remove paper or plastic labels and clean out any residual materials.
- Plastic lids are too small to recycle, so put them on the containers or throw them away.
