Spring Cleaning Made Green
Cleaning up and cleaning out are part of the spring-cleaning season. So, as you look at what’s under the cabinets, in the closets and storeroom, or stashed in the garage, don’t forget to spring into recycling, too.
Keep A Lookout For…
- All aluminum/tin/steel cans are recyclable but must be emptied before you place them in your recycling cart. If they need a quick rinse, that would be helpful.
- Paper items are good to go in your cart. Old mail and envelopes, cardboard boxes, and paper items are accepted in your curbside recycling cart. Be to breakdown cardboard to fit inside your cart.
- Plastic bottles, to-go cups, and tubs. As long as they are plastics labelled #1, #2, #5, and #7 have been emptied out, you can place these plastic items in your curbside recycling cart. For cups, no lids or straws please.
- When checking the expiration dates on food and beverage containers, if it’s time to go, empty the container into the trash, rinse it, and place the container into your curbside recycling cart. Remember, food, food scraps, or anything that will rot do NOT belong in your recycling cart.
- Clothing CANNOT be recycled by our recycling machinery. They are known as tanglers and will cause the recycling machinery to tangle up and shut down. If you want to clear out clothes and hangers, take lightly used items to a Goodwill or Our House.
Green Station + Spring Cleaning
Make spring cleaning easy by hauling your items to a local Green Station. At a Green Station, you can drop off household hazardous waste, like pesticides, herbicides, and old fertilizer, all in their original packages. Bring your empty glass bottles and jars. You can drop off used motor oil, gasoline, and antifreeze. Green Stations also accept old and obsolete electronics like computers, tablets, hard drives, copiers, printers, and cell phones. And of course, bring all those plastic bags shoved under your sink.