Items accepted for single stream recycling (curbside and convenience centers) are:
- Aluminum cans
- Catalogs, magazines, newspapers, telephone books, third class mail and other paper products, such as grocery bags
- Clear, green and amber food grade glass bottles and jars (no lids, no dishes)
- Corrugated cardboard and household cardboard boxes (cereal, cracker, cake mix)
- Plastic bottles, jugs, tubs and jars (screw on lids are ok, flip top lids need to go with the trash)
- Steel cans
Additional items accepted at the convenience centers (NOT curbside) are:
- Batteries: Place batteries in a plastic bag and hand them to a Convenience Center attendant
- Used motor oil
- Used vegetable oil
- Compact fluorescent bulbs
- Used antifreeze (Jones Cove CC only)
The following products are only accepted at the Materials Recovery Center, not at convenience centers.
- Used electronics, including old computers, monitors, printers and keyboards, VCRs and DVD players, small peripherals (such as cameras, PDAs and other devices that can be plugged into a computer), phone equipment, video/audio equipment, network equipment and test equipment
- Scrap Tires
- Long fluorescent bulbs
