For your curbside residential recycling to be picked up, please be sure to place your recycling cart(s) at the curb by 7:00 am on pickup day. If your pickup is missed, call Waste Management at 1-800-777-8408 (be sure to reference Long Lake).
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR SINGLE SORT RECYCLING CART(S)
Aluminum, tin and metal cans
Glass bottles and jars, including pickle jars and jelly jars
Mixed plastics recycling—plastic bottles, containers, lids, and tubs (#1, #2 and #5)
Newspapers and inserts
Mail, office and school papers
Magazines and catalogs
Brown grocery bags
Phone books
Shredded paper IN STAPLED CLOSED PAPER BAGS
Cardboard boxes—remember, flattening your cardboard saves space!
Cereal, cracker, pasta, and cake mix boxes
Shoe boxes, gift boxes, and electronic boxes
Food and beverage cartons
HOW TO PREPARE
Leave caps on - rinse cans, bottles and jars. No need to remove labels. NO PLASTIC BAGS, FOAM CUPS OR CONTAINERS, NO SHARPS AND MEDICAL WASTE, AND NO FOOD WASTE.
CARDBOARD
Remember, flattening your cardboard and paperboard saves space and energy! Extra cardboard boxes can be flattened, tied into bundles no more than 3’ wide by 1’ tall, then placed next to your single sort recycling cart(s).