Recycle by Room - Recycle Right
Single Stream Recycling is an automated sorting process designed to handle non-hazardous items from your kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, office and mailbox. The recyclables are then collected and transported to a material recovery facility where they are sorted and processed.
Pesticides are considered hazardous waste and should be disposed of properly at the hazardous waste collection facility. If empty they can be placed in the garbage.
Drain cleaning products are considered hazardous. If empty the container can be placed in the garbage. Bottles containing liquids should be disposed of at the Household Hazardous Waste collection facility.
Empty motor oil bottles contain petroleum residue and must be disposed of in your garbage. Used motor oil must be dropped off at a Household Hazardous Waste location in the county.
Plastic toys are too large and ridged and are made from varying types of plastics that cannot be mixed with most recyclable plastics. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Light bulbs are not recyclable and both compact and regular fluorescent bulbs need to be disposed of at the hazardous waste collection site. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Spray cans that contained spray paint, lubricants, carburetor fluid and similar petroleum-based products must be disposed of in your garbage if empty. If they still contain liquid please take to a Household Hazardous Waste location.
Paint cans contain residue that prevents them from being recycled in the single-stream process. Empty paint cans should be placed in the garbage. If they have paint left please recycle by dropping off at a County Household Hazardous Waste location.
Metal tanks that contained propane fuel for grills, camp stoves, lights or heaters cannot be recycled in the single-stream process due to their size, weight and rigidity. They are also very dangerous and cannot be sorted by the equipment. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Scrap metal is typically too rigid and jams up or tangles the sorting equipment. Scrap metal should be recycled at a scrap metal facility. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Chains tangle and jam up the sorting equipment. Take chains to a metal recycling facility. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Metal wire tangles up the sorting equipment and should be recycled at a scrap metal recycling facility. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Electronics are made from a mixture of materials that cannot be sorted in the single stream process. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Alkaline batteries can be placed in your regular garbage cart. Rechargeable batteries should be properly recycled. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Batteries are considered hazardous material and need to be recycled at a Household Hazardous Waste collection facility.
String lights cannot be recycled in the single stream process because they tangle up the equipment. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Car batteries are hazardous waste and too heavy for the single-stream recycling equipment. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Electrical cords tangle up in the sorting equipment. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Wood is too rigid for the sorting equipment. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Concrete is too heavy and ridged for the sorting equipment. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
Bows and ribbons from gift packages are not recyclable in the single-stream process. See the Recyclopedia for other recycling options.
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