Carnahan Curbside Recycling

Recyclable Materials

By some estimates, 70 percent of the waste we produce can be recycled. That means by recycling, you may be able to cut the amount of trash you send to the landfill in half. Below are the kinds of materials Carnahan Curbside Recycling accepts.

Paper

Most types of paper can be recycled. Paper products are the largest component of municipal solid waste, making up more than 40% of the composition of landfills.

Newspaper, plus any newsprint-based catalogs & magazines (remove glossy covers to recycle with magazines) are all acceptable. Newspapers may be stuffed in brown paper bags, tied with natural-fiber twine, or stacked in your recycling containers.

Office paper of any color, computer paper, notebook paper, envelopes, manilla folders, etc. are acceptable. Staples are okay, but please remove book covers and metal bindings.

Magazines and anything else printed on glossy paper, such as catalogs, magazines, flyers, brochures, and so on, are recyclable.

Cardboard boxes, product packaging, cereal boxes, tissue boxes, beverage cartons and shoe boxes are all acceptable.

Sorting tips Leave out the food-stained pizza boxes, coloring or painting books, waxed paper, oil soaked paper, carbon paper, sanitary products or tissues, stickers and plastic laminated paper such as fast food wrappers, juice boxes, and pet food bags.

Glass

Glass makes up a large component of municipal waste due to its weight and density. Glass recycling uses less energy than manufacturing glass from sand, lime and soda.

We'll take all clear, green and brown bottles and other glass containers.

Sorting tips Glass bottles must not be mixed with other types of glass such as windows, ceramics, light bulbs, mirrors, Pyrex or auto glass, and bottles should be sorted by their color (green, brown, and clear in separate bags). Please remove lids and rinse your glass containers. You can drop them into the dishwasher or just rinse them out when you're cleaning up after dinner.

Metal

We'll take all soda, juice, and soup cans, aluminum pie tins, foil, bottle caps, wire coat hangers, empty aerosol cans, and other scrap metal. We will also accept batteries.

Sorting tips Please separate steel from aluminum cans. Lightly rinse any metal food containers to prevent odors.

Plastic

We'll take types 1 & 2 plastic. In general, this includes plastic beverage bottles, cleaning products, shampoo, and some food containers.

Sorting tips Remove plastic bottle caps—they're made from a different type of plastic and cannot be recycled with the bottle. Please also separate beverage bottles from plastic food tubs, as they require separate recycling processes.

General sorting guidelines

Please separate your recyclables by material and type. Paper products should be separated by newsprint, cardboard/paperboard, office/mixed paper, and magazines. Glass should be separated by color. Metals should be separated by type, generally aluminum and steel. Plastic beverage bottles should be separated from food tubs like yogurt cups and margarine tubs.

Please bind your recyclables with appropriate materials. Newspapers can be placed in brown paper bags or wrapped with natural twine. Cardboard can be flattened and placed inside other cardboard boxes. Most other materials can be placed in plastic bags or standard trash bags. But don't worry; we'll recycle your plastic bags, too.

Your pickup day

So we don't miss you, please have your bins curbside by 7 a.m. on your designated pickup day.