What Goes Where?

Find out how to properly dispose of your items below. If you’re unable to find what you’re looking for, reach out! For printable guides and service brochures, please visit the Sorting Guides and Signage page. For a searchable list of items, please visit WhatBin.

Compost
Recycle
Landfill
Electronic & Universal Waste

We accept food scraps, soiled paper, and plants in the green composting cart. Only bio-plastics labeled “compostable” and displaying a green or brown stripe may be placed in your green cart. Contact us to change the size of any of your carts.

Accepted Composting Materials
Food Scraps Bread, grains, and pasta Coffee grounds (and filters) Dairy Eggshells Fish and shellfish Fruit, including pits Meat, including bones Poultry Vegetables	Plants Branches and brush Flowers and floral trimmings Grasses and weeds Leaves Tree trimmings	Soiled Paper Coffee filters Greasy pizza boxes Paper cups (including chain store coffee cups) and plates Paper ice cream containers Paper bags, napkins, and towels Paper take-out boxes and containers Paper tea bags Waxed cardboard and paper Wine corks
Unaccepted Composting Material
Animal waste Concrete, asphalt, stones, sod, dirt, and bricks Cooking oil Diapers Juice or soy milk boxes with foil liner	Recyclables (glass, aluminum, paper, plastics 1-7) Palm fronds Plastic bags Plastic corks	Liquids and ice Plywood Styrofoam packaging, food containers, and packing peanuts Treated and painted wood

Accepted Recycling Materials
Paper (clean, dry, and unsoiled) Bags (paper only, no plastic) Cardboard (non-waxed) Catalogs, magazines, envelopes, and junk mail Computer and office paper (all colors) Egg cartons (cardboard) Milk and juice cartons Newspapers Packing or craft paper Phonebooks and softcover books Shredded paper (in a folded paper bag labeled “shredded paper” and placed inside your blue Recycle cart) Wrapping paper (non-metallic)	Glass (no liquids or food) Glass bottles and jars only (metal caps and lids too) Plastic (no plastic bags, wrappers, or foamed plastic) Coffee cup lids Plastic bottles and caps, tubs and lids, cups and containers, including clamshells, numbered 1-7 Plastic buckets	Metal (no liquids or food) Aluminum cans, foil& trays Caps and lids from bottles, jars, and steel/tin cans Paint & aerosol cans (must be empty or dry) Steel (tin) cans
Unaccepted Recycling Material
Automotive parts and products Batteries and cell phones Black plastics and plastic cutlery Diapers Drinking glasses Flower and Nursery pots Food Garbage Garden Hoses	Hazardous waste Juice, soup, or soy milk type boxes with foil liner Fluorescent, LED, or HID light bulb Plastic bags Plastic corks Plastic and wire hangers Plastic film, shrink wrap, pallet wrap, and bubble wrap	Soiled paper (paper cups, plates, napkins, towels, take-out boxes and greasy pizza boxes) Packaging foam, food containers and packing peanuts Waxed Cardboard or Waxed Paper Window glass

Few things, once they are used, are actually trash. Among such things are non-recyclable plastics and other complex materials that were not designed to be recycled.

Accepted Trash Materials
Cat litter and animal feces (bagged) Ceramic dishware or glassware Cigarette Butts (extinguished – run under water prior to disposal) Dental floss Diapers Feminine Hygiene Products Foil-backed or plastic-backed paper	Glass mirrors and windows Juice or soy milk type boxes with foil liner Mylar (shiny metal) bags (potato chips, candy bars, balloons, etc) Pens and pencils Plastic bags, wrappers, and film (not labeled “Compostable”)	Plastic items mixed with metal, fabric or rubber Plastic labeled “Biodegradable” only Rubber bands Six-pack ring holder – please cut up Sponges Packaging and polystyrene foam Twist Ties Wood – small pieces of plywood, pressboard, and painted or stained wood
Unaccepted Trash Materials
Appliances Asbestos Batteries Construction debris Cooking oil and grease Dirt, rocks, or stone Electronics Fluorescent, LED, or HID light bulbs	Food scraps, soiled paper, or yard trimmings Household hazardous waste or chemicals Large items (furniture, metal, plastic, wood) Liquids or ice	Motor oil Needles or syringes Paint Recyclable cardboard, glass, metal, paper, or plastic Toys with electronics or batteries

It is illegal to put items such as electronics, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, pesticides, and other chemicals in the trash. When household hazardous wastes end up in a landfill, they can cause serious threats to humans, wildlife, and the environment.

What Goes Where?

Compost

Recycle

Landfill

Electronic & Universal Waste