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How You Can Make
A Difference
Newspapers and Paper Products
Newspapers are commonly recycled into paperboard, new
newsprint, insulation, and animal bedding products.
Recycling newspaper also saves valuable space in landfills.
Paper products are designed as telephone books, magazines,
paperback books, junk mail and corrugated paper. Put in
paper bags or tie in a bundle.
Aluminum Food and Beverage Cans
For recycling purposes, aluminum is defined as all
aluminum food and beverage cans. aluminum cans are recycled
to reduce litter, keeping roadsides, parks and playgrounds
cleaner and nicer; and conserve energy, because producing
new metal for cans from used aluminum cans save 95% of the
energy needed to produce aluminum from ore.
Aluminum can be recycled again and again, closing the
loop between used and new cans. to make sure that a can is
aluminum, take a regular magnet (available from hardware
stores) and see that it does not stick to the can's top and
sides. Rinse the cans to prevent attracting insects and
crush the cans to save space.
Steel & Bimetallic Food and Beverage Cans
For recycling purposes, tin cans are defined as all
steel and bimetal cans. Recycled steel is used to make new
steel for manufacturing. A can is bimetallic if a magnet
sticks to the sides. Rinse cans to prevent attracting
insects and crush the cans to save space.
Leaf Waste
Anyone who has done yardwork knows that leaves take
up a lot of space. Leaves quickly reduce in volume by
themselves if composted or allowed to degrade into rich
mulch that is an excellent plant fertilizer. You can compost
in your own back yard or bag your leaves and put them out
with your regular trash pickup.
Glass Bottles and Jars
For recycling purposes, glass is defined as all
clear, green and brown food and
beverage containers only. What
CAN NOT be recycled
includes milk-white glass, plate glass, light bulbs,
flourescent bulbs and crystal. Residents can prepare for
recycling by rinsing (labels can stay on), removing metal
rings, seperating by color, and storing without breaking the
glass.
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