There are many things that can be recycled that are not included in curbside collections.
Mecklenburg County has four centers that take pretty well anything. The list below indicates such items as computers, clothing, paint, motor oil etc. Also some things people include in curbside pick-ups appear to be excluded such as lids on plastic bottles.
Become familiar with what you can recycle (and what is not recyclable) and make an occasional trip to one of the centers. Plastic grocery bags can be returned to Harris Teeter and other stores. That includes plastic gags #4 bringing the morning papers.
Acceptable Materials:
Aluminum/steel/tin cans
Spiral paper cans (i.e. frozen juice cans with lids)
Glass jars/bottles (all colors) (NO lids or caps, ceramic cups, window/windshield glass, Pyrex, glass dinnerware--plates and cups)
#1 and #2 Plastic bottles only! (soda, liquor, milk, water, shampoo and detergent bottles)-- look on the bottom of the bottle for the numbers inside the recycling symbol!
(NO Lids or caps, yogurt/cottage cheese/margarine containers, used motor oil containers)
Junk mail and Mixed Paper (office paper, junk mail, envelopes, cereal boxes without liners, paper bags, gift boxes, gift wrap, dry food boxes, beer and pop cartons, mail tubes, paper towel rolls, index cards, file folders, paper egg cartons and paper food trays).
(NO paper contaminated with food residue, diapers, milk/juice cartons, textbooks, food packages coated with wax, Styrofoam, plastic food containers, gift bows and ribbons, and plastic grocery bags!)
Newspapers and inserts
Magazines and catalogs
Telephone books
Flattened corrugated cardboard (NO pizza boxes!)
Eyeglasses
Household batteries (camcorder, laptop, camera, flashlight batteries, etc.)
Oil filters
Appliances (stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers, water heaters, etc.)
Lead acid (car) batteries
Scrap aluminum and ferrous metal (bed frames, swingsets, etc.)
Paint: oil and water-based
Motor oil/antifreeze/transmission fluid (NO brake fluids!)
foam rubber (carpet padding, car seats without the fabric, etc.)
Tires (no more than 4)
Plastic 6-pack rings
Propane tanks from gas grills (empty!)
Used clothing in good condition
Fire extinguishers
new item - Computers and Monitors
For Further Information:
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