RECYCLING CATEGORIES AND GUIDELINES

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MANDATORY RECYCLING

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HIGH GRADE PAPER	Computer paper   (greenbar or white), letterhead bond stationary, index cards, copy paper envelopes (no windows), white manila file folders, legal pads (no backing),		SEPARATE, CLEAN and DRY		Cellophane windowed envelopes, Paper clips, fax paper.
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MIXED PAPER	books(hardcover/paperback), foreign cardboards, bags other than brown   shopping bags (Kraft paper), flat cardboards,   i.e. cereal/shoe boxes, gable top containers   (milk, juice containers). brochures, pamphlets, and junk mail.		SEPARATE, CLEAN and DRY. Please FLATTEN boxes.		FOOD RESIDUE, waxed paper/cardboard, plastic wraps, ribbons non-paper products/samples   i.e. disks, credit cards, or carbon paper.
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"MAINE PACK"	Newspapers - INCLUDING   all the glossy inserts, magazines and catalogs,		SEPARATE, CLEAN and DRY. Please deposit LOOSE, not tied in bundles.		NO plastic bags, brown paper bags, string, staples, tape, or any non-paper items.
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CORREGATED CARDBOARD	Non-Asian CORREGATED cardboards, brown paper grocery bags   i.e. (Kraft paper).		All boxes should be FLATTENED, CLEAN and DRY. All STAPLES and glass fibre or duct tape should be REMOVED.		NO yellow/grey, bamboo/rice light foreign cardboards NO flat cardboards   i.e. shoe/cereal boxes,   6-pack containers. NO waxed/plastic coated cardboard. NO food or oil contaminated cardboard.
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GLASS	Soda Bottles, Beer Bottles, Juice bottles, Ketchup Bottles, Wine and Liquor Bottles, or Food jars		Rinse CLEAN. REMOVE all metal or plastic caps and rings. Labels may be LEFT ON. Must be separated by color: Clear, green and brown.		Window glass, light bulbs, ceramic cups and plates, mirrors, drinking glasses, yellow or blue glass, windshields, Clay Pots, Heat Resistant Ovenware.   i.e. pyrex.
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METAL CANS	Steel and tin food and beverage cans.		PLEASE CLEAN THOROUGHLY. Remove labels. Paint cans OK if empty. Aerosol cans (provided plastic caps, and nozzle removed and propellant is gone).		No residue, paper labels, Plastic caps or lids, porcelin, or enamel.
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ALUMINUM	Aluminum foil, pie plates, beverage cans, cooking utensils.		Only CLEAN aluminum. A magnet will not stick   to Aluminum Aluminum screening. Aluminum cans must be kept separate.		Food residue.  webbing, steel, screws, glass. No non-aluminum   i.e. bakelite handles
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#2 HDPE PLASTIC	Milk and water jugs, detergent and shamoo bottles, bleach bottles.		Look for #2 symbol on bottom of containers. RINSE thoroughly. PLEASE FLATEN. Labels may remain on. Natural plastic (no color) must be separated from colored plastic		Plastic or metal caps/rings. No containers except #2. No oil containers.
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COOKING OIL AND GREASE	Used vegetable and animal cooking oil and grease.		Pure uncontaminated cooking oil and grease.		No contaminants such as motor oil, chemicals, or detergents.
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USED AUTOMOTIVE OIL	ONLY used motor oil, transmission fluid, hydraulic oil and differential oil are acceptable.		Used uncontaminated oil in closed containers.		Oil mixed with water. Anti-freeze, carburetor cleaner, paint thinner cleaning fluids, solvents. NO  leaking containers. NO cans more than 5 gal.
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YARDWASTE COMPOSTING	Leaves, grass, wood ash, garden waste, sod, manure, hay, straw, and sawdust.		Clean, loose, organics that can be used to build soil.		NO food, wood chips, branches, logs, rocks, trash, plastic, glass, nails or contaminants undesirable in vetetable or flower gardens.
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BARGAIN BARN ...........................	Any USABLE item that might normally go to the "dump". .........................................		Clean it up. Check with attendant on duty. Fees charged where applicable. Place in Bargain Barn for reuse. .........................................		Non-reusable, broken "junk". .........................................

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