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Ogle County Drop-Off Recycling Instructions
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Instrucciones De Reciclaje
Updated October 2007
Please follow these instructions! If in doubt,leave it out. Place any acceptable
item in any bin.
If one bin is full, please deposit items in another bin (YES, it is OK to mix
items).
They will be sorted at the recycling facility.
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ITEMS TO BE
RECYCLED |
YES! |
NO! |
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NEWSPAPERS
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Clean newspapers, all ads & inserts
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Bags or string, wet, moldy or
dirty newspapers.
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OTHER PAPER
 
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Magazines, junk mail, catalogs,
phone books, office paper, flattened chipboard (cereal & pasta
boxes), paper grocery bags, shoe boxes, flattened corrugated
cardboard, beer/soda boxes, paper milk and juice cartons,
post-it-notes, tissue boxes, books, gift wrap, pizza boxes,
construction paper, yellow cardboard
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Tissues, napkins, waxed paper or
waxed cardboard, fast-food wrap, plastic lined paper dog or cat
food bags, or wood.
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CONTAINERS
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Marked #1-#7 on bottom,
empty
soft drink, milk, laundry, bleach jugs, shampoo & household
cleaner bottles, yogurt containers, peanut butter containers,
cottage cheese containers, margarine tubs, anti-freeze or motor
oil containers, etc. Remove and recycle all lids. Flatten
bottles & jugs if possible to save space.
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Containers with no #’s on bottom,
Styrofoam (cups, peanuts, rigid packing materials, etc.), toys,
plastic bags, plastic silverware, hangers, buckets, laundry
baskets, items that contained hazardous materials.
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ALUMINUM &
STEEL
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Empty aluminum & steel food &
beverage cans & lids, aluminum foil & pie plates, baking pans &
tins, paint cans that have no paint residue, empty aerosol cans.
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Scrap metal, cleaning fluid &
poison containers, wires, hangers, toys, silverware, containers
from petroleum based household solvents & pesticides, paint cans
with liquid or dry paint residue, aerosol cans with some product
remaining.
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GLASS
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Glass food & beverage containers
- clear, green, brown bottles & jars.
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All other glass including window
glass, light bulbs, mirrors, Pyrex, ceramic, porcelain, drinking
glasses, dishes, tableware, broken glass.
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N O
DUMPING OF REFUSE,
LANDSCAPE
WASTE,
HAZARDOUS WASTE,
TIRES,
APPLIANCES,
TOYS,
CLOTHING,
OR OTHER WASTE!
Call OCSWMD (815-732-4020) for more
information.
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