Aluminum Cans 

• rinse out cans before placing in bin

Glass

• all glass bottles/containers (all colors)

Aseptic Packaging 

• Milk and orange juice cartons, small juice boxes

Tin/Steel Food Cans 

• (vegetable, fruit, soup cans, etc.) rinse cans labels do not need to be removed

Plastic Containers 

• Such as soda, milk and water bottles; many food containers such as cooking oil and salad dressing; personal care products (shampoo or lotion); cleaning supplies (window cleaners); and laundry detergent bottles 

•  Look on the bottom of the container for the recycling arrow triangle if the number is a 1 or a 2 then the item can be recycled.

• Do not bag your recyclables and remember that items should be clean, dry and empty when placing them in the recycle bin.

The following items go in the blue recycling bins with blue lids:

                    

Newspaper - (including all inserts)

Cardboard 

• cereal, cracker, laundry boxes, soda and beer boxes, pizza boxes (remove all food) corrugated cardboard (packing boxes) shoe boxes

Paper, Office Paper, Magazines, Telephone Books & Junk Mail -

Cans and Plastic bottles only

As of now we are recycling any type of plastic bottles that are marked with the numbers 1 (PETE):

• The average household will generate about 17 pounds of PET or PETE waste per year. It takes 5 two-liter PET or PETE bottles to make on XL T-Shirt. Half of all polyester carpet produced in the U.S. is made from recycled bottles.

          & 2 (HDPE):

• No. 2 plastic, HDPE - high-density polyethylene: This hard, durable plastic is used in milk jugs, detergent and bleach- and motor oil bottles. It is recycled into plastic lumber, pipe, traffic cones, trash cans, recycling bins, industrial pallets, flower pots, and outdoor furniture. 

If you have materials that you want to recycle, but cannot do it at SCC, here are some places you might want to check out:

CFL Recycling

The number of places where you can recycle your CFL-Lightbulbs are increasing.

You can now recycle your CFL's at companies like IKEA and ACE Hardware Store. If you want to find a location close to you, go online to Lamprecycle.org or Lightbulbrecycling.com. At Lightbulbrecycling.com you can have them send a box to you with the return postage already paid. When the box is full you just send it on its way.

Electronic Waste Recycling Staples has begun an E-Waste recycling program.  The program will be at every Staples store every day and the customers and businesses need not have purchased the product at Staples.  The program includes the following:   1)         Computers, laptops, monitors, printers or fax machines.  Consumers pay a $10 fee to cover handling, transport, disassembly and recycling. 2)         Smaller electronic items such as mice, keyboards and other peripherals are accepted free of charge.  Recycling of ink and toner cartridges as well as cell phones and rechargeable batteries are also available.  More information can be found at:  http://www.staples.com/sbd/content/about/soul/recycling.html Battery Recycling You can bring your used batteries to your closest BestBuy store who will recycle them at no cost. You can bring your AA, AAA, petty much any battery (except car batteries) including laptop and cell phone batteries to the store.

Read more about what other types of plastics are out there and what they can be recycled into.

Some interesting facts about:

No. 3, PVC - polyvinyl chloride or vinyl:

• Items made from PVC include high pressure pipes, doors, windows, clear bottles and food wrap. Recycled PVC can be made into drainage pipes, traffic cones, fencing, house siding, tiles, handrails, and hoses.

No. 4, LDPE:

• Low Density Polyethylene: LDPE is used to make shrink and stretch wrap, film for sacks and trash bags. It can be recycled into the same items.
  

No. 5, PP:

• Polypropylene: This plastic is widely used because it is resistant to chemicals and heat. It is used in food packaging, as screw on caps and lids, for yogurt and margarine tubs, juice bottles, drinking straws and auto battery cases. It is recycled into auto parts, new auto battery cases, bird feeders, pails, golf equipment, furniture and industrial fibers.