A Guide to Curbside Recycling in Westchester

Paper & Cardboard

RECYCLE: Newspapers, glossy inserts, phone books, magazines, brochures, catalogs, junk mail, corrugated cardboard boxes & grey compressed cardboard i.e. tissue and cereal boxes.

HOW: Place paper in a brown bag or loose in the recycling bin. Remove excessive amounts of plastic tape from cardboard. Flatten and place corrugated boxes inside another corrugated cardboard box and place all brown bags inside another brown bag.

DON'T RECYCLE: Paperback or hardcover books. Donate books to a library or charity. Waxed cardboard (such as milk cartons), plastic and styrofoam packing materials. Put these items in the garbage.

Plastic 1 - 7

RECYCLE: Plastic containers coded 1 or 2 on the bottom, commonly used for food, beverages, detergents, household cleaners and shampoos.
Town Of Somers Only, 1-7 plastics.

HOW: Rinse containers and discard plastic caps. Place plastics loose in the bin with glass and metal containers. Labels need not be removed.

DON'T RECYCLE: Five-gallon plastic pails, styrofoam, plastic bags and flower pots, regardless of the recycling code number. Also, empty plastic containers which held potentially hazardous materials such as motor oil, pesticides, solvents, etc., should be discarded with your garbage.

Glass Containers

RECYCLE: Glass jars and bottles (any size, any color).

HOW: Rinse containers and discard plastic caps. Place metal caps and rinsed jars and bottles loose in the same recycling bin with plastic and metal containers. Labels need not be removed.

DON'T RECYCLE: Glass that is not used for packaging food or beverages, such as light bulbs, drinking glasses, crystal, window and mirror glass, ceramic ware, kitchen cookware, pesticide/ herbicide or other bottles which held potentially hazardous materials. Put these items in the garbage.

Metal Containers

RECYCLE: Food and beverage cans, clean aluminum foil and trays and empty aerosol cans.

HOW: Rinse containers and place them loose in the recycling bin with glass and plastic containers. Labels need not be removed.

DON'T RECYCLE: Conventional paint cans or metal containers that were filled with potentially hazardous materials such as pesticides, glues or solvents. Aluminum siding, scrap metal, wire, pipes, tubing, motors, sheet metal, appliances and auto parts are recycled under separate municipal programs. Call your municipality for details.

NO Sharps!

The safest way to discard needles, syringes and lancets is to take them to a hospital or facility that accepts them. If this is not possible, get a "Sharps Smarts" brochure by visiting www.westchestergov.com/recycling and clicking on Related Publications in the right hand column or calling the Westchester County Health Department at (914) 813-5000 to learn more about safe disposal.

Note: Containers — metal, glass andplastic — can be mixed in your recycling bin.

For more information, call the Westchester County Recycling HelpLine at 211 or visit www.westchestergov.com/recycling.

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