Always place in your bin, rinsed if need be.

• We use over 80 billion aluminum cans every year.
• In the time it takes you to read this sentence, 50 thousand 12-ounce aluminum cans are made.
• If you recycle just one of these cans, it will save enough energy to power a TV for three hours, and it is the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline
• If you throw that can in the landfill, it will still be a can 500 years from now.
• Aluminum is the most valuable resource to recycle. We use it in numerous products, and it can be recycled an infinite amount of times.

Always place in your bin, slightly rinsed.

• Each year, North America recycles more steel than plastic combined.
• The steel industry has been recycling for over 150 years.
• Recycling steel saves 75 percent of the energy that would be used to create steel from raw materials, enough to power 18 million homes.
• Steel cans contain at least 25 percent recycled steel, with many nearly reaching 100 percent recycled content.
• One ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds of coal and 120 pounds of limestone.
• Americans use 100 million tin and steel cans every day.

Always place in your bin. Make sure no hazardous chemicals are contained inside. For example, cooking spray, shaving cream, & cleaning sprays.

• Each year, North America recycles more steel than plastic combined.
• The steel industry has been recycling for over 150 years.
• Recycling steel saves 75 percent of the energy that would be used to create steel from raw materials, enough to power 18 million homes.
• Over 65 percent of the steel produced in the U.S. is recycled into new steel every year.
• Steel cans contain at least 25 percent recycled steel, with many nearly reaching 100 percent recycled content.
• One ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds of coal and 120 pounds of limestone.
• Americans use 100 million tin and steel cans every day.

Always place in your bin, slightly rinsed.

• It takes glass 4,000 years to decompose in a landfill.
• Glass is infinitely recyclable, like aluminum
• Production of glass from raw materials creates approximately 385 pounds of waste for every ton of glass. If recycled glass is substituted for half of these materials, the waste would be cut by more than 80%
• Recycling glass causes 50% less water pollution than creating it from raw materials.

Always place in your bin, slightly rinsed.

• The number contained within the universal recycling symbol indicates the type of plastic material used to make the product. This does not mean to product is 100% recyclable. For example, Plastic #6, polystyrene, is not accepted at our Material Recovery Facilities.
• Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
• The average American family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year
• Recycling 1 ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space
• 19: The number of 20 oz. PET bottles it takes to yield enough fiber for an extra large T-shirt or one square foot of carpet.

Always place in your bin, slightly rinsed.

• The number contained within the universal recycling symbol indicates the type of plastic material used to make the product. This does not mean to product is 100% recyclable. For example, Plastic #6, polystyrene, is not accepted at our Material Recovery Facilities.
• Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
• The average American family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year
• Recycling 1 ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space
• 19: The number of 20 oz. PET bottles it takes to yield enough fiber for an extra large T-shirt or one square foot of carpet.

Always place in your bin, slightly rinsed.

• The number contained within the universal recycling symbol indicates the type of plastic material used to make the product. This does not mean to product is 100% recyclable. For example, Plastic #6, polystyrene, is not accepted at our Material Recovery Facilities.
• Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
• The average American family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year
• Recycling 1 ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space
• 19: The number of 20 oz. PET bottles it takes to yield enough fiber for an extra large T-shirt or one square foot of carpet.

Place in your bin with all other.recyclable materials. This includes white and colored printer paper with or without ink, construction paper, window envelopes, or any type of paper insert

• Did you know that paper products make up the largest part of our trash at approximately 40 percent?
• Each year Americans throw away enough office and writing paper to build a 12 foot high wall, stretching from Seattle to New York City.
• Each Sunday 500 thousand trees could be salvaged if everyone recycled their newspaper. If all of our newspapers were recycled for the entire year, we could save about 250 million trees!

Place in your bin with all other.recyclable materials. This includes cereal boxes, frozen dinner boxes, cracker boxes, orange juice containers, chicken stock containers, or juice boxes.

• Did you know that paper products make up the largest part of our trash at approximately 40 percent?
• Each year Americans throw away enough office and writing paper to build a 12 foot high wall, stretching from Seattle to New York City.
• Each Sunday 500 thousand trees could be salvaged if everyone recycled their newspaper. If all of our newspapers were recycled for the entire year, we could save about 250 million trees!

Place in your bin with all other.recyclable materials if they fit. If boxes are too large, please break-down and place outside of your bin.

• Cardboard is used to ship 90 percent of all products in the United States
• Most cardboard waste comes from big companies, such as department stores and supermarkets.
• Recycled cardboard only takes 75 percent of the energy needed to make new cardboard and lessens the emission of sulfur dioxide that is produced when making pulp from wood trees.
• Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves 9 cubic yards of landfill space and 46 gallons of oil.
• Pizza boxes are safe to recycle as long as no grease has seeped onto the bottom of the box. Nowadays, pizza makers place a sheet of wax paper on the bottom of the box to protect the recyclable material. If grease is does manage to contaminate the box, rip the top of the box off and recycle. The top is still good to recyclable.

Place in your bin with all other.recyclable materials.

• Did you know that paper products make up the largest part of our trash at approximately 40 percent?
• Each year Americans throw away enough office and writing paper to build a 12 foot high wall, stretching from Seattle to New York City.
• Each Sunday 500 thousand trees could be salvaged if everyone recycled their newspaper. If all of our newspapers were recycled for the entire year, we could save about 250 million trees!

Place in your bin with all other.recyclable materials. Donate if still in good condition. These can be reused!

• Did you know that paper products make up the largest part of our trash at approximately 40 percent?
• Each year Americans throw away enough office and writing paper to build a 12 foot high wall, stretching from Seattle to New York City.
• Each Sunday 500 thousand trees could be salvaged if everyone recycled their newspaper. If all of our newspapers were recycled for the entire year, we could save about 250 million trees!

Place in your bin with all other.recyclable materials. Give them back to your dry cleaner to be reused if possible!

• The Organic Consumers Association estimates that 3.5 billion wire hangers are used each year by this industry alone. This amounts to 195 million pounds of steel used for production.
• According to the Steel Recycling Institute, in North America more steel is recycled than glass, aluminum, paper and plastic combined.
• Ninety percent of America's clothes are now imported, and every garment that comes in from overseas comes in on a hanger — 30 to 40 billion of them each year.

Never place in your bin. Despite having a recycling symbol #6 at the bottom, our facilities do not process this form of plastic.

• Styrofoam is a Dow Chemical Company trademarked form of polystyrene foam insulation. This name is commonly applied to all polystyrene foam products of this type.
• EPS will never biodegrade in a landfill.
• In 2006, the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers reported that 56 million pounds of EPS were recycled that year alone. That’s an astonishing amount considering that EPS is 98 percent air.
• Recently, curbside programs in California have started accepting EPS as part of their recycling program. Look here for changes in American Disposal Services accepted recyclables list.

Never place in your bin. Many people will think these are capable of being recycled because they are made of glass, but their heat-resistant properties make them incapable of being processed.

• The combination of ingredients used to make glassware is different from what goes into container glass for bottles and jars. If these two types of glass are recycled together, the resulting glass will not be suitable for container glass. In fact, glassware, ceramics, window panes, or mirrors can pose a threat to equipment in a glass recycling plant.

Never place in your bin. Please bring to a scrapyard in order to recycle.

• Many of our customers will think these are capable of being recycled in their bins because they are made of recyclable metals but the Material Recovery Facilities cannot process the heacy weighted objects.
• Consider reuse of old cookware. Craigslist or Freecycle are good options to explore when trying to get rid of unwanted goods in your home. Second-hand stores like Salvation Army or your local YMCA thrift store are also always accepting donations.
• Scrap metal yards are a perfect recycling option for disposing of your old pots and pans.
• Never place these items in your waste bin.

Never place at your cubside for recycling OR waste removal. Instead, bring them to your landfill. Rubber tires are easily recycled when they are not mixed in with your household waste.

• In the U.S., 920 million tires were used for non-commercial vehicles on the road in 2005, and every year on average, 290 million tires are disposed of. That’s about one tire per person in this country alone. Approximately 27 million tires, or nine percent, are said to be discarded in landfills.
• Tires are viewed as a one of the most problematic sources of waste. This is mainly due to the high quantities produced and their great durability, prohibiting the tire from breaking down. However, their durability makes reuse and recycling of scrap tires easy. By recycling tires we also reduce the amount of raw rubber needed for manufacturing, saving natural resources like crude oil.

Never place in your bin. Please donate to a charity or thrift store in order to be recycled or reused.

• Approximately 12 million tons of textile waste is generated each year in North America amounting to approximately 68 lbs of waste per household per year
• 90% of textile waste is perfectly recyclable/reusable to be donated to a thrift store or charity organization
• An astounding 5% of all landfill production is textile waste
• If the clothing is not wearable, convert it into wipes that can be used around the house to clean up spills, wash your car, etc. Even if the clothing is un-wearable and you don’t have the time to do anything with it, ask the charity if they will still accept the item(s). In most cases the charities have agreements with recyclers to accept any clothing items that are un-wearable

Never place in your bin. These are typically overed in food residue, which contaminates the recycling process.

• The best way to diverrt used paper products from ending up in landfills, it to simply avoid using them. It is much more ecologically sound to use ceramic plates to serve your meals. Ceramic plates can be used an infinite number of times and can be taken to construction material recycling facilities for disposal.
• As for napkins, the greenest option is to buy reusable cloth napkins that can be washed after use and then used again. However, paper napkins are easily compostable. So, instead of throwing away hundreds of napkins in your household per year, why not start a compost pile in your backyard?

Never place in your bin. Ceramics can typically be recycled at a construction debris facility.

• Toilets are made of porcelain, which is generally comprised of clay, among other materials. Porcelain products can often be ground down and used to make new porcelain items. Recycled toilet porcelain makes an excellent porous drainage material. It's a good substitute for gravel and can also be used as road base in state highway
• Crushed toilets and other porcelain items were used to shape artificial oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay instead of the traditional oyster shells.

Never place in your recycling or trash bin. Please find a light bulb recycling center to dispose of bulbs properly.

• The Mercury from one fluorescent bulb can pollute 6,000 gallons of water beyond safe levels for drinking.
• 100 four-foot long fluorescent lamps contain about 4 grams of mercury. It only takes 1 teaspoon of mercury to contaminate a 20-acre lake forever.
• Each year, an estimated 600 million fluorescent lamps are disposed of in U.S. landfills amounting to 30,000 pounds of mercury waste
• In the states of California, Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, it is unlawful for anyone to dispose of fluorescent bulbs as universal waste.

Never place in your bin or your trash can. Batteris CAN be recycled but they must be sent into a separate plant. A curbside recycling program cannot process

• The Mercury-Containing and Rechargable Battery Management Act passed in 1996 phased out the use of mercury in alkaline batteries, making them less of an issue when disposed in landfills. But, this doesn’t mean to go ahead and throw all alkaline batteries away. Recycling options are available now more than ever.
• Rechargeable batteries last considerably longer than single-use batteries, so using them means fewer batteries for disposal.
• There are many mail-in recycling programs that allow consumers to divert batteries from landfills.

Never place in your bin or your trash can. Plastic films CAN be recycled but they must be collected separately and brought to your local grocery store. The plastic films clog the moving parts at a recycling processing facility.

• 90% of Americans reuse their plastic shopping bags.
• When collected separately, plastic films can be used to make things like composite lumber material.
• Plastic films is considered any of the following items: newspaper bags, dry-cleaning bags, bread bags, produce bags, paper towel wraps, furniture wrap, electronic wrap, plastic retail bags, zip-lock bags, or plastic shipping envelopes.