This helpful sorting guide will teach you what items to put in your recycling bins.
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Blue Box #1
Put rinsed plastic & metal containers loose into one blue box
*The tall box is for plastic & metal containers only
*Black plastic is not accepted in the blue box
Empty & clean aluminum & tin cans & foil
*The tall box is for plastic & metal containers only
*Black plastic is not accepted in the blue box
Plastic bottles, & containers
*The tall box is for plastic & metal containers only
*Black plastic is not accepted in the blue box
Empty and dry aerosol & paint cans. Leave lid off.
*The tall box is for plastic & metal containers only
*Black plastic is not accepted in the blue box
Clean styrofoam, break larger pieces into smaller chunks
*The tall box is for plastic & metal containers only
*Black plastic is not accepted in the blue box
Blue Box #2
Put all of your paper products into a second curb-side blue box.
Boxboard (cereal, cracker boxes, empty toilet paper rolls etc.)
Liners and outer-wrap are garbage.
News & office paper, books, magazines.
Please bag shredded paper
Milk & juice cartons, tetrapaks, juice boxes etc.
Please rinse.
Stuff soft plastic bags inside one plastic bag, and put it on top.
Stretch wrap, chip bags, wrappers, pet food bags including poly weave bags are garbage.
Clear & coloured glass bottles & jars on top.
Return LCBO bottles to the beer store for a refund. Broken glass is garbage.
Fold & bundle corrugated cardboard, and place beside blue box.
30" x 30" x 8"
Bundle with packing tape, or twine. Place beside Blue Box.