Recycling List

Recycling List for Blue Bins

Recycling can reduce your household waste by nearly 50 per cent.
For other recycling options beyond the blue bins go to ’More Recycling’ 

Please sort your recycling into three categories: 1. Corrugated Cardboard, 2. Paper & Boxboard, 3. Plastic, Metal & Milk Containers

1. CORRUGATED CARDBOARD 

PLEASE FLATTEN ALL BOXES 
All recycling items must be clean.
Moving boxes 
Appliance boxes

2. PAPER & BOXBOARD   

Clean & dry paper & boxboard
PAPER:
   Newspapers
   Magazines 
   Flyers                                     
   Telephone books
   Hardcover books
   Computer paper
   Coloured paper
   Paperback books
   Posters
   Envelopes
   x No wax paper
   x No gift wrap 

   BOXBOARD:
   Cereal boxes
   Paper towel rolls
   Shoe boxes
   Kleenex boxes
   Cracker boxes
   x No milk cartons
   x No wax cardboard

3. PLASTIC, METAL & MILK

PLASTIC Containers
Look for the Recycling Symbol with the number 1, 2 or 5 
Please rinse all containers
Ice cream tubs
Yogurt containers
Bleach jugs
Antifreeze containers
Plastic milk jugs
Ketchup bottles
Pill bottles
x No Styrofoam 

PLASTIC BAGS
Grocery and shopping bags
Dry cleaner wrap
Clean 'shrink' wrap
Clean bread and frozen food bags
Any 'soft' plastic you can crumple in your hand like a plastic bag
x No chip bags

METAL
Tin cans
Coat hangers
Aluminum pie plates
Clean aluminum foil

 

MILK CARTONS
Please rinse cartons
All cardboard milk, cream and buttermilk cartons 

NOT ACCEPTABLE - these items belong in the Garbage

• black garbage bags (do not collect your recyclables in garbage bags)
• styrofoam
• glass
• plastic without a recylce number (toys & furniture)
• garden hoses
• coffee cups & lids
• gift wrap, wrapping paper, ribbon & bows
• chip bags & chocolate bar wrappers
• bottle caps or lids less than 3"
• paint cans or aerosol cans
  

  
  Download the Recycling Flyer Here

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  Frequently Asked Questions

  Are cardboard milk cartons recyclable?

  Yes! Milk cartons are recyclable in the Fundy region. You can bring your clean milk cartons to the Blue Bins and put them in the bin marked ’Plastic, Metal & Milk’. Now all milk packaging is recyclable and the milk cartons, jugs and milk bags go in the same bin. Just remember to clean out all containers to reduce odours as you store them at home.

  Do labels need to be taken off my cans and plastic bottles?

  No, you may leave the labels on the cans or plastic containers when you recycle them. Plastic and metal are both melted down during the recycling process. The melting temperature is so high that any paper is burned off during the process.

  Do I have to take the lids off my containers?

  Yes, lids should be taken off all containers. This will help prevent any containers from building up pressure and bursting during pick-up and delivery. Another reason to remove the lids is because in most cases the lids are not made from the same material as the container. If you are ever in doubt of what to do with any item, please phone the Hotline at 738-1212.

  Why can’t I recycle glass?

  Glass is no longer recycled because there was no market for recycled glass. In addition, more and more packaging was being made from plastic and less from glass. Thus, the amount of glass received was very low, and the amount of plastic bags and rigid plastic has continued to grow.

  How do I recycle shredded paper properly?

  Help us reduce litter by following these tips. Before placing shredded paper in the Paper Blue Bin, please:

  • Shred only the sesitive parts of the document
  • Put shredded paper in a paper bag, large envelope, or a clear plastic bag. Tie the bag securely.
  • Do not use grocery bags.

  Can I recycle all my plastic bags?

  Please check the bags you bring home from local retailers, before recycling them at the blue bins.

  Degradable, Biodegradable and Oxo-biodegradable Plastic Bags are NOT recyclable at the Blue Bins. Also, as these bags contain plastic, they cannot be composted in the green cart (for examples of compost bags click here)

  Some retail stores have replaced their regular plastic bags with biodegradable plastic bags. These bags look just like regular plastic grocery bags, however they have an additive to help them breakdown. This additive can be harmful to the end recycled product.

   

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