What and How to Recycle
YES - Place in recycling
- White, colored, and glossy paper (staples OK)
- Mail and envelopes (window envelopes OK)
- Wrapping paper (remove ribbon and tape)
- Smooth cardboard (food boxes - remove inside &
outside plastic wrappers - shoe boxes, tubes from paper towel
and toilet paper rolls, cardboard from product packaging)
- Paper bags
- Cardboard egg cartons and trays
- Newspapers, magazines, and catalogs
- Phone books, softcover books (paperbacks, comic books,
etc.; no spiral bindings)
- Corrugated cardboard (flattened boxes)
No - Place in trash
- Hardcover books
- Napkins, paper towels, or tissues
- Soiled paper cups or plates
- Paper soiled with food or liquid
- Paper with a lot of tape and glue
- Plastic- or wax-coated paper (candy wrappers, plastic
take-out containers, etc.)
- Photographic paper
Cynthia Braun is a certified professional organizer for Suffolk County, New York
