NO Pizza Boxes – Water, grease and other residue degrades the value of paper. Shredded paper should be placed curbside with bulk pick up. Bags of shredded paper often become torn or damaged during collection, releasing small pieces of paper which cannot be separated for recycling. NO Shredded Paper – The paper is too small to be processed by recycling sorting facilities.
Because there is a great likelihood that residents will have embellished wrapping paper, we ask that residents please keep it out of their stream. Many are also filled with flame retardant chemicals. NO Wrapping Paper or Tissue Paper – Many types of wrapping paper now include metallic or glitter items that contaminate the stream. The #1 and #2 plastic jugs, bottles and containers with smaller necks is the best description for what manufacturers are seeking, which is plastic items made with Natural HDPE or Colored/Pigmented HDPE. These items have different chemical makeups, even those with the same recycling number! The growth of single-use plastics has also increased the number of plastic items entering the recycling stream, and all plastics are not created equally. Much of this manufacturing takes place in China where there has been a widespread crackdown on contamination of recycling bales entering the country. These changes reflect the “wish-list” of manufacturers who purchase recycled material. This includes clean, empty and dry plastic bottles, laundry detergent bottles, ketchup bottles, and milk jugs. NO Plastics #3-7 – Monroe Township only accepts plastics #1-2 where necks are smaller than the base. Rigid Plastics (Laundry Baskets, Toys, Lawn Chairs) Plastics other than #1-2 or Plastics without smaller necks No food or liquid residue (Clean & Dry)! Please remove caps and lids! Examples:Ĭlean & Dry: Glass Bottles/Containers/Jars – lids and caps removed (if metal, recycle separately)Ĭardboard (corrugated must be flattened and tied with twine)Īluminum/Steel/Tin cans and lids (Clean & Dry) DO NOT Recycle The Following Items: #1-2 BOTTLES AND JARS ONLY where necks are smaller than the base Items should be empty, clean and dry! DO NOT BAG RECYCLING, please keep items loose in container. Monroe Township sanitation Department may flag your container and refuse pickup if there are plastic bags or contamination present.
Monroe Township residents can recycle accepted items together in one container.
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