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