amazon’s plastic mailers: keep out of curbside …

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Empty and flatten all boxes. Throw away foam and plastic wrap. Do not put paper inside cardboard boxes. Empty and rinse containers. Do NOT flatten aluminum cans. RECYCLING CARTS ARE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY It is illegal to put trash in your cart or move it to a new property. NO SHREDDED PAPER (EVEN IF BAGGED OR BOXED) • Paper shreds are too small to sort. • You can recycle it at County Shredder Events or at the County Resource Recovery Complex. Due to a serious rise in contamination, recycling carts are subject to inspection. NEVER PUT PLASTIC MAILERS IN YOUR RECYCLING! The Amazon mailer creates the same problem as plastic bags, getting caught in the machinery, slipping past sorting machines and ending up in bales of paper bound for recycling, contaminating entire shipments. Recycle these mailers in plastic bag collection bins located at retailers such as Acme, Shop Rite, Target and Walmart. NOTE – You must remove the address label. Find a site near you at www.How2Recycle.org. 1 2 5 & Metal bar must face the street. SET RECYCLING OUT BY 6 AM Paper and Flattened Cardboard Plastic Bottles and Food Containers Empty and rinse containers. Glass Bottles and Jars Labels are okay! Metal CANS Only Other metal items can harm workers and equipment. Cartons NO hoses or hangers NO hardback books, food soiled, or frozen food boxes NO foil items, bulbs, cookware, or window glass NO motor oil, batteries, or hazardous items NO plastic with a NO Styrofoam NO plastic bags or wrap NO air pillows NO needles NO plant pots, trays, lids, or cups NO shredded paper DON’T BAG Recyclables RECYCLE: DO NOT RECYCLE: 4 6 7 3 or KEEP OUT OF CURBSIDE RECYCLING! AMAZON’S PLASTIC MAILERS: Empty and flatten boxes! Empty and flatten boxes! NO PLASTIC BAGS IN RECYCLING! PLEASE FOLLOW THESE RULES: To learn more, visit burlcorecycles.com, call (609) 499-1001 or download the RecycleCoach App.

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• Empty and flatten all boxes.• Throw away foam and plastic wrap.• Do not put paper inside cardboard boxes.• Empty and rinse containers.• Do NOT flatten aluminum cans.

RECYCLING CARTS ARE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY It is illegal to put trash in your cart or move it to a new property.

NO SHREDDED PAPER (EVEN IF BAGGED OR BOXED)• Paper shreds are too small to sort.• You can recycle it at County Shredder Events

or at the County Resource Recovery Complex.

Due to a serious rise in contamination, recycling carts are subject to inspection.

NEVER PUT PLASTIC MAILERS IN YOUR RECYCLING!

The Amazon mailer creates the same problem as plastic bags, getting caught in the machinery, slipping past sorting machines and ending up in bales of paper bound for recycling, contaminating entire

shipments. Recycle these mailers in plastic bag collection bins located at retailers such as Acme, Shop Rite, Target and Walmart. NOTE – You must remove the address label. Find a site near you at www.How2Recycle.org.

1 2 5&

Metal bar must face the street.

SET RECYCLINGOUT BY 6 AM

Paper and Flattened Cardboard

Plastic Bottles and Food ContainersEmpty and rinse containers.

Glass Bottles and JarsLabels are okay!

Metal CANS OnlyOther metal items can harm workers and equipment.

Cartons

NO hoses or hangers

NO hardback books, food soiled, or frozen food boxes

NO foil items, bulbs, cookware, or window glass

NO motor oil, batteries, or hazardous items

NO plastic with a

NO Styrofoam

NO plastic bags or wrap

NO air pillows

NO needles

NO plant pots, trays, lids, or cups

NO shredded paper

DON’TBAGRecyclables

NO PLASTIC BAGS IN RECYCLING

RECYCLE: DO NOT RECYCLE:

4 6 73 or

KEEP OUT OF CURBSIDE RECYCLING!AMAZON’S PLASTIC MAILERS:

Empty and flatten

boxes!

Empty and flatten

boxes!

NOPLASTICBAGS IN

RECYCLING!

PLEASE FOLLOW THESE RULES:

To learn more, visit burlcorecycles.com, call (609) 499-1001 or download the RecycleCoach App.