| GRUNDY COUNTY RECYCLING PROGRAM
All items are required to be sorted as listed below in separate, open top, reusable containers or clear plastic bags, such as grocery bags.
Recyclable material will be taken to the Grundy County Recycling building. Since there are restricted markets, the county will accept recyclables in the following manner:
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| PAPER and CARDBOARD |
| RECYCLABLE |
NOT RECYCLABLE |
PREPARATION |
Newsprint
Clean Corrugated Cardboard |
Junk Mail
Coated Cardboard (trash)
Cereal Boxes (trash)
Office Paper |
Must not be wet. |
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| CANS |
| RECYCLABLE |
NOT RECYCLABLE |
PREPARATION |
| Tin cans, aluminum |
Paper cans, batteries, aerosol spray cans |
Must be washed clean. Prefer to have flattened & ends removed. Labels off. |
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| GLASS |
| RECYCLABLE |
NOT RECYCLABLE |
PREPARATION |
| All clear, green & brown glass containers, bottles and jars. Must be separated by color. |
Light bulbs, white glass, window glass, crystal, ceramics, candle containers, perfume bottles |
Remove lids, metal & plastic rings. DO NOT BREAK GLASS!!! |
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| PLASTIC & MILK JUGS |
| RECYCLABLE |
NOT RECYCLABLE |
PREPARATION |
| Triangle #'s 1-7 |
Styrofoam egg cartons, cups, plates, meat & fruit trays, packing materials, items smaller than a yogurt container, motor oil containers, pill bottles, spray pumps from bottles |
Must be clean and dry |
| Lids to plastic recyclables can be thrown in with the trash. Butter tub lids, milk jug lids and rings, etc. There items are too small to be baled. Clear milk jugs must be separated from the rest of the plastic and have all lids and rings removed. Any container containing oil (salad dressing, liquid shortening, anything oily) must be thoroughly cleaned. |
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