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What Goes in the Recycling Cart?

Place your recycling cart out by 6:00 am on your scheduled collection day.

Place clean and dry recyclable items into the recycling carts. Put extra recyclables in paper bags or boxes, marked "Recycling" and place near the recycling cart or container on collection day.

If you are not a garbage customer, Recycling Service is available for a monthly fee.

Put in the Recycling Cart

Paper

Paper, junk mail, catalogs, cardboard (flattened, less than 3'x3'), magazines, newspaper, shredded paper in a paper bag (co confetti), telephone books, paper boxes with liners, gift wrap without foil or ribbon.
Plastic-coated paper cartons & boxes, including drink boxes (soy and juice, rinsed), frozen food boxes (clean), milk cartons (rinsed), juice cartons and ice cream cartons (flattened and no lids)*

Plastics

Plastic bottles and jugs (pop, water, ketchup, milk) Empty and rinsed.
Plastic food tubs (salsa, yogurt)
Empty and rinsed.

Metals

Aluminum cans (rinsed, no food residue)
Scrap metals (size limit: 2' x 2' x 1'', 35 lbs max)
No sharp or greasy scrap metal.
Tin cans (rinsed)

Glass

Bottles and jars of any color (rinsed and no lids)
No dishes, ceramics or drinking glasses.

* Not sure if a carton or box is plastic-coated? Use the scratch and tear test. If you scratch it and see wax, throw it into the Garbage. If you tear it and see a thin layer of plastic-coated paper, rinse, flatten and recycle!

Do not put in the Recycling Cart
Aerosol Cans	Batteries Batteries require special handling and should not be put in the garbage.	Carbon Paper	CDs
Ceramics or dishes	Detergent boxes	Diapers	Empty Motor Oil Containers Click here to find out how to dispose of hazardous wastes
Fluorescent Tubes or Light Bulbs Fluorescent bulbs and tubes require special handling. Please visit the Snohomish County website for disposal options.	Greasy Car Parts	Lids or Bottle Caps	Medical Needles or Sharps Click here for disposal information
Mirrors or Window Glass	Paper Towels, Plates or Napkins	Plastics or Aluminum with food contamination	Plastic or Waxed Cardboard
Plastic cups, plates or utensils	Styrofoam Containers or Packaging Peanuts	Tissue or Foil Wrapping Paper	Tissues or Toilet Paper
Toxic Containers Click here to find out how to dispose of hazardous wastes.	Waxed Paper or Cartons	Yard Debris Place in Yard Debris Cart	Plastic Bags

Reviewed the list, and still not sure?

Check out the list of What Goes in the Garbage Can and What Goes in the Yard Debris Cart, or call 425-646-2492.

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