Keep all materials sorted using separate brown paper bags or plastic bags. If there isn’t enough room in the bin, place additional sorted material next to the recycling bin.
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Glass - (Only) Bottles and Jars
(Clear, green and brown glass containers)
- Must be clean and dry
- Remove caps and lids - throw in garbage
- Labels are OK
- No window Glass
- No ceramic or china
- No Pyrex
- No laboratory glass
- No mirrors or light bulbs
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Tin and Aluminum Cans
(Food and beverage cans only. Only cans that attract to a magnet)
- Must be clean and dry
- Remove labels
- May be flattened
- No ends unless still attached to the cans and folded in can
- No food trays and foil
- No scrap metal
- No pesticide cans
- No paint cans
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Newspaper and Advertising Inserts
- Must be clean and dry
- No envelopes
- No junk mail
- No notebooks
- No books
- No magazines
- Do not tie in bundles - please leave loose
- Do not place in plastic bags
- Phonebooks can go with newspaper
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Corrugated Cardboard and Cereal Boxes
(Cardboard with ridges or grooved inner surface without plastic insets)
- Must be clean and dry
- Flattened
- No staples
- No wax-coated cardboard of any kind (ex. Milk cartons, beverage boxes)
- No contaminated cardboard
- No pizza boxes
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Plastics - (Only) Bottles and Jugs
(#1 PETE Clear & #2 HDPE Opaque and colored - type is indicated at bottom with triangle)
- #1 PETE and #2 HDPE need to be separated into different nags
- No cups, tubs, food containers or other non bottle plastics, only 16oz or larger
- Remove lids and cups
- Rinse thoroughly
- Please flatten
- No six-pack holders
- No plastic bags
- No plastic buckets
- No plastic toys
- No motor oil bottles
- No pesticide bottles/containers
- All plastics that are not accepted go into the trash
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TAKE NOTICE THAT THE CLINTON COUNTY LANDFILL HOLDS A HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY ONCE A YEAR. PLEASE CONTACT THEM FOR FURTHER INFORMATION (518) 563-5514.
