Bins must be at the curb by 8 am on the specified day. Our routes and schedules are always subject to change, so the time of day we visit your house will vary.
Our guidelines:
- Recyclables should be empty and reasonably clean
- You do not have to remove labels
- Shredded paper must be bagged
- Break down boxes
You Can Recycle All of These Things:
PAPER
- Newspapers
- Shredded paper (must be bagged)
- Magazines & catalogs
- Office paper
- Junk Mail
- Phone Books
CARDBOARD & PAPERBOARD (break down your boxes)
- Corrugated boxes
- Cereal boxes
- Tissue boxes
- Paper towel rolls
GLASS (if broken then please bag it)
- Bottles
- Jars
- Lids do not need to be removed from glass containers
- No window glass or dishes, please
PLASTICS (Just #1 & #2 -- look for the recycling symbol -- and remove all lids!)
- Milk Jugs
- Pop bottles
- Some clamshell containers
- Laundry detergent bottles
- Some shampoo bottles
- empty bottles from motor oil and household chemicals (see below for full bottles)
METAL CONTAINERS
- Pop cans and metal bottles
- Aluminum foil
- Foil pans
- tin & steel cans
- Empty aerosol cans
ODDS & ENDS
- Dead batteries (please bag)
- printer cartridges
- fluorescent light bulbs (please bag)
- motor oil and other automotive fluids (sealed)
- household chemicals such as cleaners, solvents, pesticides (must be sealed and labeled)
- paint cans (sealed)
- plastic shopping bags (must be clean and nested inside each other)
BY ARRANGEMENT ONLY
- Styrofoam peanuts (bagged), foam sheets, and bubble wrap: call Cecil at 620-343-2415 to arrange pickup
- Autumn leaves (bagged): email John at jcrisp [at] tctelco [dot] net to arrange pickup
Please note we cannot recycle other plastics at this time.