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These items ARE NOT ACCEPTED at the recycling drop-off sites or in your curbside recycling bins.
Do not place acrylic plastic, such as Plexiglass, in
curbside or drop- off recycling. Dispose of it with your regular trash.
Aluminum foil and foil pans should
not be included in drop-off or curbside recycling bins. Recycle clean aluminum
foil at a local scrap metal yard, along
with your other scrap metal items.
You may receive a rebate.
Ohio law and rules require that persons
certified as Asbestos Hazard Evaluation
Specialists be used to identify,
detect and assess asbestos-containing
materials. This list is available free of charge
by contacting the Ohio Department of Health Asbestos Program at (614) 466-0061.
Hardback books have a hard cover and very thick binding that we cannot process during recycling. Try donating books to a local library, Goodwill, Salvation Army, local secondhand bookstore, or several national mail-in programs.
Paperback books CAN be recycled in curbside and drop-off recycling bins.
Do not place in curbside or drop-off recycling bins. Car seats no longer in good condition should be placed in the trash for proper disposal. Cut straps prior to disposal to render them useless.
Please dispose of carpet and
carpet padding through your waste hauler.
Contact your hauler for more details.
If your hauler will not pickup,
you may take to a landfill or transfer station.
Film tape is a tangler that can wrap around the processing equipment at the recycling facilities and can shut down operation.
Greendisk offers a mail-back service-recycling program for VHS audiocassette tapes, CDs, etc.
Contact them by phone at 800.306.DISK
Do not place ceramics, such as dishes, Corelle, pots, vases, bakeware, or other similar items in your drop-off or curbside recycling bins.
Habitat for Humanity ReStore accept some of these items for resale. If they unable to donate or reuse, dispose of them with your regular trash.
Do not place Christmas Trees in curbside
or drop-off recycling bins.
Cities offer programs to turn your tree
to mulch or wood chips or donate to a
State park or local farm.
Any materials from household
construction or repair, such as toilets, wood pieces, drywall, etc. are not accepted at the recycling drop-off sites or our Collection Facilities. They must be placed out with your regular trash or taken to a local transfer station or landfill for disposal.
Do not place items that tangle
in drop-off or curbside recycling bins. Tanglers are things like bags, films, ropes, cords, hoses,
light strings and wires that jam
sorting machinery by wrapping around the equipment discs and wheels.
Sorry, those disposable paper and
plastic beverage cups cannot
be recycled in drop-off or curbside recycling bins.
Do not place in curbside or drop-off recycling bins. Check with nurseries and garden centers for reuse. Otherwise, place in the trash.
Some local fire departments may
accept old or expired flares. Marine flares,
road flares, fireworks, ammunition and
other explosives are not accepted at
our Collection Facilities.
Do not place durable plastic items such
as plastic chairs, toys, litter buckets,
hangers, or flowerpots in curbside recycling
or our drop-off recycling bins. If the item
cannot be donated for reuse, place it
in the regular trash for proper disposal.
Do not place items that tangle
in drop-off or curbside recycling bins. Tanglers are things like bags, films, ropes, cords, hoses,
light strings and wires that jam
sorting machinery by wrapping around the equipment discs and wheels.
Currently there are no local recycling
options for mattresses. Contact your
waste hauler to see what their
guidelines are for bulky waste pickup. If your hauler will not pick up, residents can
take to a landfill or transfer station.
Do not place plastic bags, shrink wrap or
bubble wrap in curbside recycling or drop-off recycling bins. Place in the trash for proper disposal.
Residents and businesses can recycle
ink and toner cartridges through local
retailers such as Staples or other
specialized companies. You may
receive a rebate.
Vinyl siding is not accepted at the recycling drop-off sites or our Collection Facilities. It must be placed out with your regular trash or taken to a local transfer station or landfill for disposal.
Residents and businesses can recycle
wood and lumber through specialized companies or a construction and
demolition debris landfill.
You can purchase compost bins from us to
compost yard and food waste in your backyard.
Check with your community to see if they
offer seasonal yard waste collection
for residents, or take your yard waste to a local compost facility.
Do not place thick plastic items such as plastic toys, buckets, hangers, furniture and flower pots in your curbside recycling or at our recycling drop-off sites. If the item cannot be donated for reuse, place it in the regular trash for disposal.
Do not place ceramics, pottery or baking glassware in your curbside or drop-off recycling bins. Put them in the trash.
If ceramics or glass items are in good, usable condition, consider donating them to a local organization that can reuse or resell the item to support their programs and services.
Do not place items that tangle in drop-off or curbside recycling bins.
Tanglers are things like bags, films, ropes, cords, hoses, light strings and wires that jam sorting machinery by wrapping around the equipment discs and wheels. This creates problems and can shut down an entire Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) or recycling plant that sorts recyclables.
Some of these items can be recycled elsewhere. Plastic bags and film can be recycled at many retail locations. Find a location at www.plasticfilmrecycling.org
Light strands and cords can be recycled year-round at either of our Collection Facilities.
Some other retailers accept Christmas lights for recycling during the winter months.
Can I recycle my coffee cup, fast food cup, red plastic cup or other party cup?
Sorry, those disposable paper and plastic beverage cups cannot be recycled with your home recycling. Do not place them in with curbside or drop-off recycling.
The rigid thermoform plastics are brittle and break apart while moving through the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF or recycling plant). The loose pieces end up mixed into the good, recyclable glass and paper in the plant. Make sure the fast food cups, red plastic party cups (and all other colors) make it into the trash instead.
We no longer look at the number on plastics to determine if a plastic item is recyclable. The numbers are resin codes used by the plastics industry to identify the chemicals used to make the container. The codes do not always mean that the item is recyclable. The only plastic that belongs in curbside recycling are bottles, jugs and jars.
Paper cups have a thin layer of plastic coating on them to protect them from condensation. The plastic coating sprayed on paper cups makes the paperboard underneath impossible to recycle in the standard pulp process because the container will not break apart during recycling.
The lids from beverage cups are also not recyclable. Place them in the trash.
If you don’t want to throw plastic cups in the trash, consider purchasing refillable cups at your favorite coffee house. You can also take advantage of a mail-back recycling program offered by TerraCycle. They offer national programs (Brigades®) to collect previously non-recyclable or hard to recycle waste. The company offers a collection program for rigid plastic cups. Most of the TerraCycle’s Brigades offer free shipping as well as a rebate or donation for each piece that you collect. Learn more about TerraCycle’s Brigade programs.
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