Blue Bin Recycling

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The following items are acceptable for our recycling program:

Paper and Cardboard

• Flattened corrugated cardboard and paperboard (empty cereal boxes, empty detergent boxes, empty tissue boxes)
• Newspaper, flyers, inserts, Junk mail and envelopes 
• Catalogues, magazines, telephone books, paperback books, hardcover books with covers and spine removed. 
• Brown paper bags, tissue roll cores, gift and packing paper, paper egg cartons
• Copier paper, NCR (no carbon required) paper 

Aluminum and Tin

• Soup, beverage and vegetable cans, labels removed and rinsed thoroughly
• Foil trays and pie plates
• Soft drink and beer cans

Plastic 

• Containers with logo 1-7 (Except Food Containers labelled #1)
• Plastic drink bottles

Aseptic Packaging and Cartons

• Juice and milk cartons, milk jugs, tetra-pak containers, pouches

Items which are not acceptable are:

• Household garbage, organics or hazardous waste
• Waxed, plasticized or food contaminated paper, cardboard cups or plastic plates
• Soiled tissues, napkins or paper towels
• Confetti shredded paper (strip shredded is accepted - bagged in blue recycling bags)
• Glass jars or bottles, mirrors of any kind, drinking glasses, ceramics, dishes, windshields, house windows 
• Plastic cutlery, forks, knives, spoons, CD cases, pens, straws, clear and black plastic clam shells, film plastic (plastic bags and stretch wrap)
• Styrofoam or all other foam packing materials of all kinds is absolutely not allowed
• Black garbage bags
• Clear and black plastic clam shell/food containers
• Plastic shopping bags and stretch wrap
• Waxed brown paper, waxed coated cardboard, soup cardboard boxes, juice, milk, soy milk, rice milk, coconut milk and oat milk cartons are all  accepted at Sarcan 
• TVs, computers, computer monitors, printers, CPUs are accepted at Sarcan
• Fridges, freezers, washers, dryers; Penguin Refrigeration accepts fridges and freezers  
• Household garbage 
• Wood, lumber, particle board, drywall, nails, tile, concrete, bricks, siding, shingles, eave troughs, light bulbs 
• Paint cans, aerosol cans, lighters, batteries, cell phones, electronics, car / truck / tractor batteries 
• Diabetic needles, any other kind of needles 
• Carbon paper
• Deodorant sticks, tooth paste tubes
• Frozen juice containers, foil from yogurt containers
• Ribbons, gift boxes
• String, baler twine
• Coffee cans, Good Host Iced tea cans, Pringle Chip cans
• Wire, banding or wire coat hangers
• Car parts
• Keurig coffee pods, pots, pans
• Wicker, metal
• Clothing can be recycled by donating to the Springside Community Resource Centre Pop Up Thrift Shop.
• Toys
• Furnace filters

Please note:

Every time there is a misuse of recycling, the Town of Springside is charged an extra processing fee. Please recycle appropriately.