Single-stream recycling is the mixing of all recyclable materials into a single container for collection and processing. The following are acceptable items for the single-stream recycling program:

• Cardboard boxes
• Paper: office paper, magazines, phone books, newspapers, various colored papers, packing paper, and folders without binding
• Cans: aluminum and bimetal (tin)
• Bottles: clear, brown, and green food and beverage containers
• Plastics: recycling resin codes 1 through 7 (look for a number inside the recycle triangle on the bottom of the container)
  

Items that should not be recycled include the following:

• Paper towels, napkins, or tissues
• Bound books or reports
• Beverage glasses or tempered glass, such as window glass
• Cellophane, shrink wrap, or packing materials, such as Styrofoam, “peanuts,” or bubble wrap
• Any containers that held hazardous materials, such as motor oil, paints or thinners, or household chemicals