Items that are NOT recyclable:
- Frozen Food Packaging (ice cream containers, frozen dinner packaging)
- Paper Cups (coffee cups, hot and cold fast food cups)
- Styrofoam (blocks, packaging peanuts)
- Paper dinnerware (plates, cups, takeout containers)
- Tissue Paper, Paper Towels, Napkins
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- Shredded Paper (take to a designated drop-off bin)
- Hardcover books Wax paper
- Bubble envelopes, Fed-Ex envelopes (tyvek)
- Brown paper packaging envelopes with foam or padding inside.
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How it's recycled
Wonder where your paper and cardboard goes? Here's an example of a Material Recovery Facility in California. Recyclables truly get a new life. See how bales of fiber are turned into new paper! (Keep watching to see how plastic and metal are made into new products.)
