Recycle Information

VILLAGE OF NORTHPORT

**RECYCLING INFORMATION**

• Do not put ANY recyclables in plastic bags
• Recycling containers with unacceptable contaminants will be left at the curb and not collected
• If you aren’t sure about an item, please place it in your garbage can

ACCEPTABLE ITEMS (all items must be placed loose in your recycling can, NOT IN PLASTIC BAGS):

PAPER COLLECTION

• Newspapers, magazines
• Mail, school papers
• Clean scrap paper
• Advertising circulars
• Cereal/grocery boxes (remove plastic liner)
• Shoe boxes
• Toilet paper & paper towel cores
• Cardboard – flatten, bundle & tie shipping & corrugated boxes & place next to paper bin

BOTTLES, CAN & PLASTIC COLLECTION (all items must be rinsed & lids removed)

• Glass jars & bottles
• Metal food cans
• Metal beverage containers
• Aluminum foil
• Plastic containers with ♳ or ♴ ONLY
• Metal pots or pans

UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS:

• ALL plastic bags
• Any plastic food container without a resin number symbol
• Styrofoam containers & packing materials
• Soiled cardboard, tissues or paper towels
• Waxed milk or juice cartons
• Light bulbs
• Batteries
• China, ceramic or ovenproof glass
• Garden hoses, flower pots or plant containers
• Clothes hangers
• Hardcover books
• Plastic toys, buckets, or cutlery
• Fire extinguishers
• Electronic waste 
• Paint cans
• Aerosol cans from kitchen, bathroom or laundry area (NO AUTOMOTIVE OR PAINT CANS)
• Plastic food containers with ♵, ♶, ♷, ♹