#1 Clear Plastic Bottles - soft drink, 7-up, water, ketchup, peanut butter, etc.  no lids.

#2 Cloudy Jugs - Milk, water, vinegar, orange juice (w/bottom seam)

#2 Solid Color - laundry detergent, bleach, fabric softener, cat litter, etc. (w/bottom seam)

Mixed Plastic - all numbered household containers not specified above (plastic caps separated).  No Styrofoam or styrene (clamshell carryout containers, meat trays, etc.)

Plastic bags - shopping bags (clean, dry) No frozen food bags, no "crunchy" bags or bags with a seam down the back.

Cardboard - heavy corrugated (empty, clean, flat) & brown paper bags.

Office paper - white & pastel, light colored envelopes, including stationery, annual reports. No dark paper, glossy paper or junk mail.

Mixed Paper/Junk Mail - shoe and cereal boxes (clean, flat w/o inner bag), phone books, all shredded paper, dark and bright paper, manila envelopes, file folders, paper towel inner rolls, etc.

Magazines & Catalogs - must have shiny/glossy pages, NO newspaper inserts.

Newspapers - with ads and inserts. Newspapers only, no other kinds of paper.

Books - hardback, paperback, no metal or plastic bindings or plastic covers.

Glass - all colors - metal lids should be removed and recycled with tin cans. No mirrors, lightbulbs or windshields.

Aluminum beverage cans - rinsed, NO other aluminum products.

Steel / Tin food cans - rinsed.

Cell phones - working or not.

Print and toner cartridges.

Rechargeable dry cell & car batteries.

printable page

No Glass that was not originally a food or drink container - mirrors, windshield glass, etc.

No PVC, Styrofoam & styrene - (clamshell carryout containers, meat trays etc.)

No Non-container plastics - vinyl, toys, hoses, siding, PVC or ABS pipe.

No to anything that is dirty or has food in it !

No Hazardous waste (oil, antifreeze, insecticides) These may be taken to the Sedgwick County Household Hazardous Waste facility, 801 Stillwell, Wichita (316) 660-7464.