What to Recycle
All recyclable materials may now be co-mingled in your recycling container.
(for more info: Allegheny County Health Department Recycling Program)
Include these items in Recycling
Paper: white office paper, computer paper, newspapers, advertising inserts, magazines, junk mail (including envelopes), coupons, receipts and phone books
Glass: food jars and beverage bottles in clear, brown, amber or green colored glass
Metal: all aluminum and bi-metal food and beverage cans (must empty cans and rinse), empty aerosol cans, aluminum foil and foil products (clean)
Paperboard: boxes such as cereal boxes, tissue boxes, empty papertowel and toilet paper rolls, etc.
Corrugated paper: cardboard (must be torn or cut to fit in the recycling container)
Plastic: plastic containers with the recycle symbol and #'s 1 - 7 i.e. soft drink and water bottles, milk and water jugs, house-hold cleaning product containers, yogurt cups, cottage cheese cups, baby wipe containers, shampoo bottles,
*numbers are usually found on the bottom of containers
Cartons:: milk, juice, soy milk, broth, soup and other food and beverage cartons (aseptic cartons as well as the familiar gabletop, refrigerated cartons)
DO NOT include these items in Recycling
Paper: Soiled newspaper, waxed paper, food contaminated paper
Glass:Window Glass
Light Bulbs
Mirrors
Ceramics (plates, bowls, cups, etc.)
Drinking Glasses
Broken Glass
Metal: Food contaminated metals, soiled aluminum foil or pie plates, plumbing parts, automotive parts, paint cans
Corrugated Paper: Food contaminated cardboard
Plastic: Styrofoam, automobile or petroleum products, pesticides, fertilizers, plastic grocery bags