Recycling Information

Forest Township Online

	Item	Yes	No	How
All Paper Products Must Be Bagged Separately. Place Together In Brown Paper Grocery Bag	Newspapers and Phone Books Magazines/Junk Mail Mixed Office Paper Box Board	Newspapers Newspaper inserts Phone books Glossy magazines Glossy catalogs Glossy flyers Glossy brochures Envelopes Letters, photo copies & scratch paper Computer paper Cereal boxes Dry food boxes Shoe boxes/tissue boxes Paper towel rolls	No plastic wrappers, metal or board inserts No product samples No plastic/metal No plastic windows No laundry soap or frozen food boxes No wax coatings-milk and juice cartons-others No plastic windows, metal strips, foil	Stack neatly in brown paper bag to avoid fly away Keep materials clean Remove and discard non recyclable materials You can mix all paper together in one bag Remove and discard liners, cellophane windows, strips FLATTEN all boxes Place all boxboard neatly into brown paper bag or bundle lightly with string

	Corrugated	Brown paper bags Corrugated is two layer board with wavy middle layer	No wax coated boxes No food containers No wood/foam supports	FLATTEN all boxes Tapes & staples OK Bundle and tie corrugated cardboard in 2'x2' sections Clean

Place Loose in Recycling Bin	Aluminum and Tin	Aluminum and tin food cans Foil pie plates and food trays - rinsed Tin lids and can ends - rinsed Lined cans OK Empty aerosol cans	No large items or scrap metal No coated foil wrappers No dirty metal No unrinsed food containers	Clean Remove paper labels Remove ends Flatten as much as possible
	Plastics	Pastic container labled 1 or 2 on the bottom Milk jugs - rinsed Detergent bottles/rinsed	No automotive oil containers No coated foil wrappers No dirty metal No unrinsed food containers	Clean Remove lids and caps and discard Crush if possible Labels OK
	Glasses	Clear, gree, brown online - rinsed Unbroken jars and bottles - rinsed Rinsed container glass only	No plate glass, light bulbs, mirrors, or beverage glasses No ceramics or cook ware No frosted, blue or black bottles REMOVE CAPS & LIDS	Clean Labels OK Remove lids and caps - discard plastic Metal lids OK when separated