Recycle Plus

City if Ann Arbor Michigan

Recycle PLus

for 24-hour information, call 99-GREEN

30 easy ways to save resources, tax dollars, landfill space, energy, and reduce pollution!

Please separate these recyclables from your trash. Place loose papers in the tan "Newspapers" bin and glass, metal, milk cartons, and plastic bottles in the green "Containers" bin. Your individual participation helps Ann Arbor cut its trash in half (or more)! For 24-hour information on recycling, refuse, compost, toxics and drop-off stations, call 99-GREEN (994-7336).

CONTAINERS

MILK CARTONS
JUICE BOXES

METALS

steel cans, lids, empty aerosols, aluminum cans, foil, pie tins, scrap metal (up to 1 cubic foot, and up to 20 pounds each)

GLASS

jars, bottles, dishes, pyrex

CERAMICS

dishes, terra cotta pots

PLASTIC BOTTLES

marked #1 or #2 inly

PAPER & FIBERS

NEWSPAPERS
OFFICE PAPER
"JUNK MAIL"
envelopes, paper bags, wrapping paper

MAGAZINES

paperbacks, catalogs, phone books

CORRUATED
CARDBOARD
flattened up to 2' x 3' x 6" and bundled

BOXBOARD
loosely bagged

TEXTILES
in marked and sealed plastic bag

Recycle these three toxic materials OUTSIDE of the curbside recycling bins:

HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES in clear plastic bags

used MOTOR OIL in milk jugs with screw-on or taped lids

drained OIL FILTERS in clear plastic bags

To dispose of other household toxics, call the Washtenaw County Home Toxics Center at 971-7357.

NOT recyclable at this time:

NO plastic items besides bottles numbered #1 or #2

NO paper napkins, paper towels, or other tissue products.