Curbside recycling is a truly helpful service. However, if you put things in your recycling bin that are not accepted curbside, they will not take it. Then you will need to store your recycling for another 2 weeks and it will pile up.

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These common errors keep the haulers from taking recycling away:

Padded envelopes are not accepted.

Plastic bags are not accepted curbside. Bring clean plastic dry bags to a grocery store that recycles them or the entrance of Walmart or Lowes, etc.

Styrofoam is not recyclable.

Plastics without a #1, #2 or #5 on the bottom are not accepted curbside. Look for a #1, #2, or #5. Don’t see it? Put it in the trash.

**At the dump there is an area for rigid plastics (ice cube trays, trash cans, plastic storage tubs, hangers, etc). If you want these recycled, bring them to the dump.

Electronics are not accepted curbside

**At the dump there is an area for electronics (keyboards, phones, computers, vacuums, etc). If you want these recycled, bring them to the dump. Otherwise they go in the trash.