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 ♵, ♶, ♷, ♹