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Blue Bin Items

blue bin

Examples

Exceptions

Metal Cans & Scrap Metal
  • Aluminum & tin cans
  • Foil & pie plates
  • Empty steel aerosol cans
  • Empty latex paint cans
  • scrap metal
  • toasters, irons
  • wire hangers
  • No scrap metal longer than 3 ft. or heavier than 35 lbs.
  • No aluminum aerosol cans
  • No oil-based paint cans
  • No hypodermic needles
Glass Bottles & Jars
  • Mayonnaise jars
  • Wine bottles
  • Beer bottles
  • Applesauce jars
  • Spaghetti sauce jars
  • Salsa jars
  • Vinegar bottles
  • Baby food jars
  • No broken glass
  • No cups, dishes, glass windows, plates, Pyrex, ceramics, mirrors, lightbulbs, crystal
Plastic Bottles
  • All plastic bottles and jugs with the recycle cymbon on the bottom
  • Soda & juice bottles
  • Salad dressing bottles
  • Shampoo bottles
  • Window cleaner
  • No plastic shopping bags
  • No plastic food wrap,no potatoe chip & sandwich bags
  • No styrofoam
  • No plastics with no number symbol
  • No plastic tubs (yogurt, margarine, ice cream)
  • No automotive fluid bottles (oil, antifreeze, brake fluid)
Plastic Bottles/Jugs
  • Colored and uncolored bottles with the recycle symbol onthe bottom
  • Milk jugs
  • Detergent bottles
  • Juice bottles
  • Saline solution bottles
  • Fabric softener & bleach bottles
Drink Cartons
  • Milk & juice cartons
  • Juice boxes
  • Flavored milk boxes
  • Cream and creamer containers
  • No refrigerated or frozen food and vegetable boxes
  • No ice cream boxes
  • No TV dinners
  • No margarine boxes
  • No cream cheese boxes