Keeping your cart free of contaminants is easy!
There are a few basics to always remember when you are putting items in your cart.
The following items DO NOT belong in your recycling cart:
- NO plastic grocery bags or plastic bags of any kind.
- NO food, food scraps, yard waste, or anything that can spoil or rot.
- NO clothing items or fabrics.
- NO wire, hoses, ropes, or hangers. Remember, these are tanglers and can shut down the sorting machinery!
- NO electronics.
To recycle electronics please go to MyDoRight.com for our Green Station locations and hours.
The following items DO belong in your recycling cart:
- Only empty plastic bottles and jugs (like laundry detergent, juice jugs, and water bottles).
- Only empty and rinsed aluminum, steel, and tin cans.
- Only paper, cardboard, cartons, newspapers, junk mail, and all paperboard.
Please always remember to flatten all cardboard to fit inside your recycling cart.
If you ever have questions if a specific item belongs in your recycling cart or not, give us a call at 501-340-8787. Do recycling right!