How to Prepare Your Recycling for the Curb
Blue Bag
Acceptable Materials
- Newspapers and inserts
- Mixed paper products, including stationery, computer paper, file folders, envelopes, newsletters, flyers, magazines, catalogues, cereal boxes, detergent boxes, paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, greeting cards, paper egg cartons
- NO drink or milk cartons
Preparation
- Include clean paper products only.
- Place materials loosely in your blue bag.
- Shred papers containing personal identity information.
- Place shredded or torn paper in a closed or stapled paper bag, cereal box or other non-corrugated box inside your blue bag.
Note: Paper is banned from the garbage.
Blue Box
Acceptable Materials
- Rigid plastic packaging from consumer goods (e.g. electronics, tools), food (e.g. salads, baked goods), empty CD/DVD/VHS protective cases
- Rigid plastic containers, including milk jugs, yogurt and margarine containers, shampoo/liquid soap bottles, cleaning product containers, pill/vitamin bottles, clean plant pots
- Plastic and metal lids
- Glass bottles and jars
- Aluminum and tin cans
- Foil and foil plates (no food residue)
- NO plastic bags or Styrofoam
Preparation
- Clean containers and plastic packaging only.
- Place materials loosely in blue box. No sorting required.
- Take lids off containers. Place them in your blue box.
- Flatten metal and plastic containers whenever possible.
- Maximum container size: 10 litres.
Cardboard
Acceptable Materials
- Corrugated cardboard
- Pizza boxes
- NO food residue or inserts
Preparation
- Remove food residue, liners and inserts from pizza boxes.
- Flatten and bundle pizza boxes and cardboard.
- Tie bundles with string or twine (no tape or wire).
- Maximum bundle size: 90 cm x 45 cm x 20 cm (36”x 18”x 8”).
Note: Cardboard is banned from the garbage.