What is Recyclable
Guidelines below explain what items may be placed in your blue recycling carts. For information about bulky items, hazardous household waste, or other hard to recycle items, see how to dispose of large, seasonal, or unusual items.
Yes! Recycle Right
- Plastic – including bottles, tubs, jugs, and jars (please empty)
- Metal – including metal cans (please empty)
- Glass – including glass bottles and jars (please empty)
- Paper – paper including all paper, cartons, and cardboard (please flatten boxes)
Please Don’t Bag Your Recyclables.
Know Your No’s
- no styrofoam or peanuts
- no plastic wrap, pillows, or bags
- no tanglers like cords, hoses, wires
- no scrap metal
- no clothing or textiles
- no food waste
- no hazardous or medical waste
- no receipts, shredded paper, paper towels, or napkins
Keep these items out
- all batteries
- aluminum foil
- ceramic items
- diapers
- disposable cups or lids (plastic and coffee)
- electronics
- household glass or mirrors
- scrap metal and wood
- straws
- tires
- toys
Black Mountain may have at least one difference! We are required to jam all our recyclables into a blue (no other color please) plastic garbage bag. It is collected every 2 weeks.
I'm calling Black Mountain Town to find out what other differences we may have. The posted list that I have reflects when the Asheville refuse company was picking up our trash and recycling. I know since then that Town of Black Mountain decided to do their own.
OK, you never need to call any more, just go to their web site, and ask for recycling info...and there you have it. Now I just need to figure out how to put a PDF doc into this blog...OK, screen shots it is!
What I'm glad to read is to put tops on bottles and jars. Yay, since I've been doing that.
...I'm convinced that much of this is make believe.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to believe, especially when journalists have shown how recycling doesn't really happen. More research needed here!
DeleteMy hubby keep a recycle guide and the schedule for our re-cycle. I hope it helps.
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day and happy weekend!
Good to know. Happy Friday the 13th!
DeleteI've generally kept the caps on bottles and jars when tossing them for recycling.
ReplyDeleteI have done some no-no's. I wonder where my pizza boxes went.
DeleteYou have to be dedicated to keep up with the rules, especially since they sometimes change. Here they no longer take the caps on bottles.
ReplyDeleteAnd the rules in our county are different from the one in the adjoining counties. Our town does not pick up recycling from the curbside because they got zero bids from companies to collect it. I would love to know whether the trade-off in the fuel it takes to drive to the drop off point is worse for the environment then just throwing the stuff in the trash.
We recycle by taking it to the recycle center along with our bag of trash. We have it sorted by cardboard, paper, glass, metal and plastic/aluminum (same bin). We compost here at our house too. It's staffed by volunteers who know the rules. I hope it's going to the right places.
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