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What goes in the recycling cart?
Paper
: (newspaper, office paper, junk mail, envelopes, wrapping paper)
Boxboard and cardboard
: Corrugated cardboard and boxboard including:
cereal boxes
shoe boxes
most gift boxes
soda/beverage containers
most food packaging containers such as boxes of macaroni and cheese, rice, microwave meals.
Aluminum and metal cans
: food cans (labels left on OK), soda cans
Glass
: Jars and bottles
Plastic containers
: # 1 through # 7, including yogurt and margarine tubs