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We are pleased to say that the list of recyclable items keeps growing! Here you will find the expanded and complete list of items that are and are not recyclable. Your blue cart will has a sticker inside the lid identifying what can and cannot be placed inside.
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| Your Blue Cart - RECYCLABLE: |
- PAPER
- All clean, dry paper, including:
- Computer paper
- Ledger
- Wrapping
- Arts & crafts
- Unwanted mail
- Fliers
- Phone books
- Note cards
- Newspapers
(remove from plastic wrapper)
- Blueprints
- Magazines
- File folders
- Paper bags & tubes
- Post-it notes
- All envelopes
(including those with
plastic windows)
- Catalogs
- Tissue boxes
- Chip board
- Cardboard(flatten boxes)
- Cardboard cartons
(remove plastic encasement)
- Cereal boxes & Cracker Boxes
(remove inner plastic liner)
- METAL
- All aluminum, tin, metal &
bi-metal cans, including:
- Beverage
(remove plastic 6
&12-pack rings)
- Juice
- Soap
- Vegetable
- Pet food
- Pie Tins
- Aluminum foil
- Empty paint and aerosol cans
- Metal Clothes Hangers
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- PLASTIC
- All plastics numbered 1-7
- Empty plastic bottles, including:
- Soda
- Juice
- Detergent
- Bleach
- Shampoo
- Lotion
- Mouthwash
- Dishwashing liquid
- Milk jugs
- Margarine and yogurt tubs
- Plastic Planters
- Food and blister packaging
- All plastic bags, including
- Grocery bags
- Dry cleaner bags
- All clean film plastic
- Miscellaneous plastics, including:
- Coat Hangers
- Non-electric plastic toys
- Swimming pools
- Laundry baskets
- GLASS
- All glass bottles and jars
(remove lids), including:
- Soda
- Wine
- Beer
- Spaghetti sauce
- Pickle, etc.
- Broken Bottles
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Please do not place the following NON-RECYCLABLES into the blue cart:
Contaminated or soiled paper; clothing; window or auto glass, fluorescent lights; electronics, packing peanuts, and hazardous materials
such as batteries, pesticides, and paints. Also, no plastic tarps, plastic hoses, vacuum bags, or styrofoam.
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| Your Brown Cart - NON-RECYCLABLE (Trash): |
- Used Vacuum Bags
- Bathroom Waste
- Carbon paper
- Cigarette butts
- Drinking glasses
- Egg cartons
- Glass/Ceramic plates & cups
- Pyrex
- Light bulbs
- Liquid waste
- Animal waste
*Please bag & tie
- Milk cartons (paper)
- Packing peanuts
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- Mirrors & window glass
- Old clothes, rags & shoes
- Electric Plastic toys
- Rubber products & sponges
- Toothpaste tubes/pumps
- Soiled paper plates
- Styrofoam
- Waxed paper
- Disposable diapers
*Please bag & tie
- Cat litter
*Please bag & tie
- Fast food contaminated paper
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| Your Green Cart - ONLY Yard Waste: |
- Plant waste
(minimum amounts of dirt please)
- Grass cuttings
- Tree trimmings
(must fit into cart)
- Floral arrangements
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Do NOT include:
- Garbage
- Wood products
- Nursery pots or trays
- Plastic bags
- Pet waste
- Palm fronds
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HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE – E-WASTE & UNIVERSAL WASTE |
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Must be taken to the O.C. Collection Center, 17121 Nichols St. (between Gothard & Beach Blvd.) in Huntington Beach. Open Tues. through Sat. 9am to 3pm (except rainy days). Closed on Monday. Enter through Gate 6.
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Blue Cart Cheat Sheet |
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Plastic: All plastics numbered 1-7. All colors. Flatten milk & water bottles (optional). All plastic bags.
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Cardboard: Break down & flatten. Remove leftover food & remove plastic wrappers from cartons.
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Glass Bottles:All glass bottles. All colors.
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Cans: All aluminum, tin, metal & bi-metal cans. Remove plastic can rings.
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Paper: All clean & dry paper. Chipboard. Cereal & food boxes. Newspaper (CLEAN & DRY ONLY). Shoe/clothes/gift boxes. Magazines & catalogs, junk mail, envelopes & office paper (no carbon paper). Paper bags & tubes; phone books.
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Do Not Include: Food contaminated cardboard or paper (fast-food packaging); partially-full aerosol cans or other containers; rubber products; toys with electronics; wet, waxed or soiled paper or cardboard; bathroom waste; full or unopened food containers; ceramics, mugs, dishes, mirrors, light bulbs or Pyrex; Styrofoam, paint waste; animal waste.
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