- #1 PET Bottles Recycle soda, liquor and
water bottles. Please NO black, brown or gray bottles or hazardous containers (oil,
antifreeze.). Please rinse, remove lids and flatten.
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- #2 HDPE Bottles Recycle laundry detergent,
dish detergent, shampoo, juice and milk bottles. Please no butter tubs, yogurt containers,
hazardous containers, or other black, brown or gray bottles. Please rinse, remove lids,
and flatten.
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- Glass Recycle clear, brown and green bottles and jars.
Pleas No windows, broken glass, ceramics or light bulbs. Please rinse and remove
lids.
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- Aluminum and tin cans Recycle aluminum and tin food and
beverage cans. Please NO aerosol cans, aluminum foil, bottle caps, or non-metal lids.
Please rinse, remove labels, and flatten.
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- Mixed waste paper Recycle magazines, junk
mail, phone books, stationery, paperback books, envelopes with and without plastic
windows, cardboard, cereal boxes, paper tubes. Please no wax or plastic coating,
napkins, paper towels or tissue, food, grease or liquid, milk cartons, disposable diapers.
Pleas break down cardboard boxes to no larger than 2' x 2' in size.
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- Newspaper Recycle entire newspaper,
including all inserts. Please place loosely in bin.
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| Put extra recyclables in boxes, bags or other
types of containers, or bundle them with sting (NOT WIRE) for collection. |
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| Tips |
- Be sure to place recyclables no more than 10 feet from the
curb by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day. Please place only full bins on the curb for
recycling.
- Keep Recycling Clean- When in doubt, throw it out.
Recyclable materials are valuable resources only when they are clean, dry and free of
other garbage.
- Remember the Renton Recycles program is just one way of
recycling. You can also sell your recyclables to a private recycler or donate them
to charitable cause.
- Recycle only the materials that are acceptable in the
program.
- Clean and prepare recyclables properly
- Place them in the right bins
- Place them at the curb for recycling
- Recyclable materials become the property of city's
collection contractor when placed at the curb.
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