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 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.
