Blue Box Recycling Material List
Aceptable Materials and Sorting Information
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(Updated - March 2012)
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Loose in Blue Box
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In a Paper or
Plastic Bag
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In a Paper Bag or Boxboard Carton
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- Food tins and pop cans
- Empty steel paint cans (with the
lids removed for inspection)
- Empty aerosol cans
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Aluminium pie plates & foil
- #1 PETE plastic containers & trays
- #2 HDPE screw-top plastic bottles (except motor oil and 5-gallon pails)
- # 3 V or PVC plastic bottles
- # 4 LDPE plastic bottles
- # 5 PP plastic bottles, tubs, lids and bottle caps
- # 7 OTHER plastic bottles
- Glass bottles & jars
- Tupperware
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- Newspapers and inserts
- Magazines
- Catalogues
- Office paper
- Construction paper
- Envelopes (with the plastic windows removed)
- Paperback books
- Telephone books
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- Drinking boxes
- Milk and juice cartons
- Frozen food cartons
- Wax & plastic coated paper cups
- Paper bags
- Cereal, detergent, tissue
boxes, etc
- Paper egg cartons
- Greeting cards
- Gift wrap
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