Recyclable Materials

MATERIALS ACCEPTED AT THE RECYCLING CENTERS:


Batteries:
Car, light truck and tractor batteries. Please ask the attendant on duty for instructions. Household (alkaline) batteries are not recyclable.

Cardboard:
Clean, dry corrugated cardboard boxes. Break down and flatten the boxes. Place them in the cardboard container. No boxes other corrugated are recyclable.

Chemical Containers:
Thoroughly rinse, Puch holes in containers, Pull booklets from side, Metal or Non-plastic Not Accepted.

Glass:
All glass containers, brown, green and clear. Remove the lids, and rinse out the bottles and jars. Place bottles and jars in the glass container. You do not need to remove the paper labels. Drinking glasses, mirrors, window glass, Pyrex dishes, ceramic, light bulbs or any glass that’s not a container are not recyclable. (Rinse before recycling)

Aluminum:
Aluminum beer and soft drink cans. Empty cans and place in the container labeled Aluminum cans. Aluminum foil and aluminum food containers are not recyclable. (Rinse before recycling)

Paper:
Junk mail, with cellophane window removed, Telephone books, magazines. 

Plastic:
Only plastic with #1 or #2 stamped on the bottom can be recycled, Antifreez or Petroleam Products Containers can be recycled. NO PLASTIC BAGS. (The law does not apply to containers that are intended for use in the sale and distribution of motor oil.)

Scrap Metals "White Goods":
Dishwashers, refrigerators (be sure to remove all FOOD from refrigerators), stoves, washing machines, water heaters and other scrap metal. These items must be emptied before bringing them to the Recycle Center.

Bulk Waste Items "Brown Goods":
Chairs, mattresses, sofas, tables, television sets (TV’s) and other furniture items.

Yard Waste "Mulch":
Leaves, limbs (not larger than 6” in diameter and longer than 4’) and grass clippings. Stumps, demolition materials and commercial waste are not accepted. This must be taken to the Landfill. Oyster shells only at Baie, Colonial, and Spivey road.

Tires:
Limit of 5 will be taken. More than that will have to be taken to the Landfill.

Oystershells:
Can only be droped off at Baie, Colonial, and Spirey Road Sites.

Oil Filter
Colonial Rd. ONLY

• Change it!: Change your motor oil and filter
• Drain it!: Drain the used filter and capture the oil into an oil change catch pan.
• Drop it!: Take your used oil and filter to a recycling center and drop the filter in the used oil filter drum. Pour you used oil into the drum labeled, "Used Motor Oil".