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Put It All in the Green Cart
All of your recyclables should be placed in your new green cart. This is known as single stream recycling.
Single Stream Recycling Tips
- Flatten your cardboard boxes and place them inside your recycling cart. Boxes that do not fit inside your cart should be flattened and cut down to a 3' x 3' size, tied in bundles 6" in height or less, and placed under the lid of your cart. See our new cardboard recycling video
- Place shredded paper in a brown paper bag before putting it in your cart.
- Do not put plastic bags in your recycling cart.
- Flattening boxes, cans and plastic bottles will save space in your cart for material.
Do not put trash, pet waste or yard waste in your green recycling cart. Carts containing trash or yard waste will not be collected.
Remember that recycling is collected every other week. Recycling carts placed out on the wrong week will not be collected.
Now You can Recycle More
The MadisonPride Recycling program is being expanded to include more paper and plastic. The additional recycling will generate more revenue for the recycling program in addition to saving resources and landfill space.
Expanded Paper Recycling
In addition to newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and corrugated cardboard, you can use your new green recycling cart to recycle these new paper products:
- Junk Mail
- Paper Grocery Bags
- Envelopes
- Office and Computer Paper
- Phone Books
- Cereal and Cracker Boxes
- Soda Cases etc.
- Paper Egg Cartons
- Paper Milk and Juice Cartons
- Juice Boxes and Other Aseptic Packages
Recycle More Plastics:
The recycling program will begin accepting the following plastic products:
- All plastic bottles (except Motor Oil bottles)
- #2 and #5 dairy tubs
- #1 Peanut Butter and Condiment Jars
Plastics We Do Not Recycle
There are still a lot of plastics we do not recycle because there are no markets for the material. Please make sure you recycle only those items we can recycle.
Do not recycle the following plastic regardless of the number on the bottom:
- Deli Containers
- Frozen Food Containers
- Microwave Dinner Plates
- Plastic Bags
- Plastic Film or Wrap
- Styrofoam
Common Recycling Errors
The Streets Division recently sorted through recyclables we collected looking for some of the common mistakes Madison recyclers make. Here are the most common items that residents put in their recycling carts that should have been put in the trash.
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