You can recycle: Group 1 Newsprint/fliers Magazines/catalogues (shiney paper) Phone books Group 2 Boxboard (cereal boxes) Cardboard/paper bags Milk cartons/cardboard egg cartons Aseptic containers (juice boxes) Group 3 #1 & 2 Plastic  4, 5, 7 Plastic Aluminum cans Tin (steel), food cans Glass containers Beer bottles/cans Liquor, wine bottles You cannot recycle: Kleenex/paper towels Plastic bags & wrap Coffee filters/candy wrappers Wrapping paper Styrofoam Food contaminated paper Lids (unless plastic marked for recycling) Construction paper Artwork with glued items Laminated paper Foil in cigarette packages Wax paper from cereal/cracker boxes #3 and #6 plastics Making it Easy: Labels do not need to be removed Remove all garbage Remove all lids Rinse food containers Flatten boxes, milk cartons Squash plastic bottles designed and maintained by SCRIBBLES, Flin Flon, MB Sorting into groups is not necessary but very helpful. Place materials in bins provided or pack into boxes or bags when leaving at the Recycling Centre. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough electricity to run an average TV for 3 hours Recycling one tonne of paper saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 7,000 gallons of water and 4,000 kilowatts of energy Recycling uses 70% less energy than manufacturing new materials, reducing green house gases A new landfill costs several million dollars Recycling 20 aluminum cans uses as much energy as making 1 from scratch