Starting June 2nd Salem will be going to Single Stream Recycling! This will allow many more items to be recycled. It will be easier to recycle too, since all recyclables can be put in the same bin and are then sorted at the recycling facility. As a community we do a good job of recycling; please look at the list below to see how we can do even better.
SINGLE STREAM RECYCLABLES
Acceptable
Newspapers and inserts Aluminum cans
Magazines/brochures Aluminum foil
Cardboard Aluminum pots and pans
Paper bags Juice and milk cartons
Paperboard boxes (cereal, egg cartons) Plastic milk jugs
Junk mail Plastic soda bottles
Phone books/catalogs Detergent bottles
Hard and soft cover books All plastics #1 to #7
White or color paper Small metal items
Envelopes (window ok) Empty aerosol cans
File folders Plastic buckets and crates
School paper Glass containers
Shredded paper Tin cans
Multi three-ply paper
Unacceptable items
Not allowed – Food waste in any containers
Hazardous or biohazard waste
Trash or bagged material
Styrofoam or Styrofoam peanuts
Note: Cardboard will still put into the cardboard compactor.
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