Curbside Recycle Guidelines
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Recycling materials are collected for single family residents on Wednesday or Thursday depending upon when trash day is scheduled. Townhouses are picked up on Tuesdays. Please pay attention to these guidelines:
- Rinse all food containers!
- May crush plastic bottles, plastic jugs, and aluminum cans
- Acceptable Rigid Plastics include: plastic milk/soda crates, plastic bucketrs with metal handles, plastic laundry baskets, plastic lawn furniture, plastic totes, plastic drums, plastic coolers, plastic flower pots, plastic drinking cups/glasses, plastic 5-gallon water bottles, plastic pallets, plastic toys, and empty plastic garbage/recycling bins.
- Plastic grocery bags should be placed inside another plastic bag so they stay together. Types of plastic bags include dry cleaning bags, grocery bags, and toliet tissue packaging.
- Click here for pictures of recycleable items starting July 2009.
If you need additional containers please contact Trash Line at 703-257-8252.
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| Acceptable Materials for Curbside Recycling |
| Paper-clean,dry paper that can be torn |
Glass Bottles & Jars |
Metal Food and Beverage Containers |
Plastics #1 -7 and lids |
| Newspapers and all inserts |
Beverage bottles |
Soft drink cans |
Milk/juice jugs |
| Magazines/Phone Books/Cataloges |
Food jars |
Juice cans |
Water/Soda bottles |
| Paper/Envelopes/ file folders/ Cards |
Canning jars |
Tuna cans |
Ketchup/Mustard/Mayo |
| Junk Mail |
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Soup cans |
Cottage Cheese/Yogurt |
| Mixed Paper |
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Pet food cans |
Peanut Butter jars |
| Books-hardbound or paperbacks |
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Vegetable cans |
Detergent/Bleach containers |
Paperboard-cereal/cracker /frozen food packaging
boxes |
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Clean Aluminum foil and trays |
Bagged Plastic film-Grocerybags within 1-bag, stretch film or shrink wrap |
| Corrugated Cardboard |
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Aerosol cans-empty |
Rigid Plastics-pails/cups/plastic milk/soda crates, plastic buckets with metal handles, plastic laundry baskets, plastic lawn furniture, plastic totes, plastic drums, plastic coolers, plastic flower pots, plastic 5 gallon water bottles, plastic pallets, plastic toys and empty plastic garbage or recycling bins-make sure these items are clean |
| Gable-top milk and juice cartons |
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Non-prescription Pill Bottles |
| Cardstock/Non-Metallic Wrapping paper/Shredded paper in a sealed or tied bag |
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