The following information is provided for curbside blue box recycling. It should help you organize the many materials that are recycled in our program. Remember — not all the materials need to go inside the box — some materials can be bundled and placed beside the box — see below!
Check out the Production Update to see how much material has been recycled to date.
Boxboard & Mixed Paper Flatten and stuff boxboard and mixed household paper into a large box. Boxboard includes cereal, shoe and detergent boxes as well as rinsed milk and juice cartons. Mixed paper includes junk mail, office paper, paper bags, sugar & flour bags, cardboard tubes, books (hardcover & paperback), egg cartons and other clean paper packaging. No drink boxes, tissue, paper towel or laminated paper. Do not put paper loose in blue box.
Clean Plastic Bags Stuff clean, dry plastic bags into a plastic bag and tie handles. Include rinsed milk pouches, grocery, bread, dry cleaning, frozen vegetable and blue newspaper bags as well as outer wrapper from toilet and hand tissues. Remove food residue, stickers and receipts. No meat, cheese or stretch wrap, cereal box liners or chip bags.
Corrugated Cardboard Flatten and bundle corrugated cardboard boxes into a maximum size of 30” x 30” x 8” bundles. Only broken down and bundled boxes will be collected. No waxed boxes, soiled pizza boxes or pickup from businesses and institutions.
Place newspapers, inserts, phone books, magazines and catalogues in a plastic bag next to your blue box. No soiled newspapers. Separate boxboard and mixed paper and do not mix with newspaper and magazines. |
Metal Cans & Foil Rinse cans. Place lids in a can, pinch closed and put loose in your blue box. Do not put aluminum cans inside tin ones. Include clean aluminum foil and pie plates. Flattened cans save space! No pots, cigarette or butter wrappers or scrap metal. Avoid putting pop cans inside other cans.
Empty Aerosol & Paint Cans Make sure metal containers are empty. Take lids off the paint cans to let them dry, and place in the Blue Box — don’t bag them. No containers with product, paint cans larger than 4 litres (1 gallon), plastic paint cans, propane cylinders or other hazardous waste.
Rigid & Foam Plastic Containers Discard tops and rinse containers for soft drinks, detergents, juice, bleach, shampoo, dairy products as well as clear and foam plastic cups, trays and packaging. Flatten soft drink containers and replace lids. All plastics with the numbers 1 to 6 on the bottom are OK. No blister or bubblepacks, prescription bottles or toys.
Glass Bottles & Jars Remove and rinse caps and lids. Metal lids can be recycled with cans. Leave loose in the Blue Box. Don’t bag them. No other types of glass such as kitchenware, ceramics, dishes, drinking glasses, window glass, light bulbs or mirrors. |
Here are a few more tips to help make the program run smoothly:
The Bigger Blue Box!
Does your place of work have recycling needs larger than what the blue box can
handle? Check out the IC&I Recycling Program.
Still Have Questions? Check out our listing of frequently asked questions or e-mail us with your questions/comments at quinterr@reach.net
Newspapers & Magazines
