| There
is an extensive recycling program in Phoenix. Every Phoenix
resident receives a garbage can or barrel, called a recycling
bin, in which to put all recyclable materials. In the City
of Phoenix, the recycle bins are blue.
These Items Go in the Recycle Bin
* Telephone books
* Plastic bottles and containers with recycling symbol and
numbered codes 1, 2, or 6 on side or bottom of the container.
* Food or beverage glass bottles and jars only, with the lids
removed
* Office paper (staples do not need to be removed)
* Newspapers
* Magazines
* Catalogs
* Comic books
* Cardboard, if you flatten the boxes to fit in the blue can
* Cereal, cookie, tissue, and gift boxes (remove any liners)
* Milk/juice cartons
* Juice boxes
* Junk mail
* Aluminum cans
* Clean pie plates and foil
* Steel cans - soup, vegetable, pet food.
* Metal hangers - bound with twist tie
* Scrap metal under 25 pounds including small appliances,
but no TVs
* Aerosol cans - no spray paint, pesticides, oven cleaners
* Envelopes with plastic windows
You don't have to wash them, but recyclable
materials must be relatively clean, dry, empty and uncrushed.
Do not bag, box or tie recyclables.
There are some items, although made of recyclable
material, that can damage the sorting equipment, be harmful
to workers in the sorting facility or are too small to be
sorted. Do not put these items in your blue trash can. Use
the green or black trash can for these.
* No plastic bags of any kind,whether they
have a recycling symbol or not
* No pool chemical/household hazardous waste containers
* No foam peanuts
* No bubble wrap
* No windows
* No mirrors
* No ceramics or dishes
* No light bulbs
* No books
* No credit cards
* No 6 or 12 pack beverage carriers
* No dry detergent or bar soap boxes
* No frozen food boxes
* No shredded paper
* No rubber bands
* No towel or tissue rolls
* No facial or toilet Tissue
* No paper towels, plates, napkins,
* No gift wrap
* No diapers
* No pet food bags
* No FedEx or self-sealing envelopes
* No grass or yard waste
* No food
In some areas of the country people are required
to separate paper from plastics and cans. We don't. We employ
commingled recycling. The reason is pretty simple. It is easier
and cheaper, from a collection and equipment perspective,
to collect all recycled materials at once, and have them sorted
at the landfill.
Waste
container | Dumpster
| Collapsable
Trash Cans |
Recycle
Different Types of Plastic
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Recycling
in Phoenix |
Recycling
paper |
How
to recycle paper?
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