Recycle paper, plastics with twist-off lids, aluminum and tin cans, and glass bottles and jars. Rinse them, keep them loose, and never bag recyclables – plastic bags are not recyclable in your cart.
Metro Waste Authority curbside recycling accepts paper, plastics with twist-off lids, aluminum and tin cans, and glass bottles and jars. Residents should briefly rinse accepted recyclables and keep them loose in the cart. Plastic bags are not recyclable in the cart – they damage sorting machines and prevent good recyclables from being sorted, so all recyclables must go in the cart loose, not bagged. Items must go through the process loose for equipment and staff to recognize each type.
Bagged or contaminated loads can cause the whole cart to be rejected. Plastic bags jam sorting equipment and are treated as contamination.
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