Material Lists
Blue Box:
Acceptable Items:
- Books
- Boxboard (cereal/tissue boxes- plastic liner removed)
- Calendars
- Cardboard
- Clean Paper Shopping Bags or Paper Packaging
- Egg Cartons (paper)
- Envelopes
- Fax Paper
- File Folders
- Fine Papers (writing paper, computer paper, paper pads, advertising mail, lottery tickets, etc)
- Frozen Food Boxes
- Glossy Flyers
- Greeting Cards
- Gift Wrap (paper)
- Glossy Flyers
- Household Paper
- Index Cards
- Junk Mail
- Magazines/Catalogues/Telephone Books
- Newspapers/Flyers
- Paper Egg Cartons
- Paper Gift Bags
- Paper Rolls (toilet paper/paper towel)
- Pizza Boxes
- Posters
- Sticky Notes
- Shoe and Laundry Detergent Boxes
- Shredded Paper (contain within paper bag or box)
- Writing/Printing Paper
- Not Accepted:
Recycling Don’ts for Paper Products:
- Soiled Paper (e.g. pizza boxes with food residue)
- Reports with Plastic Spines
- Waxed Cardboard
Gold Box:
Acceptable Items:
- Aerosol Cans (empty – paint, food, hairspray, cleaners, air fresheners, etc)
- Aluminum (foil/trays/plates)
- ‘Clam Shell’ Containers (plastic bakery, meat & takeout trays – as long as it has a recycling number)
- Detergent Bottles
- Drink Boxes
- Egg Cartons (plastic)
- Food Cans
- Gable Top Cartons (juice, milk)
- Glass (bottles, jars, jugs – clear, green, brown)
- Please remember to take all of your appropriate alcohol containers back to The Beer Store for a refund – glass, plastic and tetra-style boxes. Please refer to page 10 for more info.
- Ice Cream Containers (plastic)
- Metal Lids
- Paint Cans (empty, lid off)
- Plastic Bottles (juice, soda, water, etc)
- Plastic Containers #1-7
- Plastic Jars/Jugs
- Plastic Javex Bottles
- Plastic Microwavable Dinner Trays
- Plastic Muffin Containers
- Plastic Pails (up to 3 litres)
- Plastic Tubs/Lids (cottage cheese, margarine, ice cream, yogurt, cream cheese)
- Shampoo & Conditioner Bottles
- Soap/Cleaner Bottles
- Spiral-Wound Canisters (frozen juice concentrate cans, potato chip tubes, coffee canisters)
- Steel Cans
- Tetra Paks (soy, milk, juice, soup, drink)
- Water Bottles
- Windshield Washer Containers
Unacceptable Items:
Recycling Don’ts for Containers:
- Film Plastic (bags & cellophane)
- Polystyrene (Styrofoam: trays, cups, etc)
- Coffee & Drink Cups
- Containers that held hazardous products
- Broken Glass
