admin posted on June 11, 2010 09:17
Coming to your mailboxes soon is a mailer encouraging you and your family to recycle. There are new items that you will now be able to recycle as well as information reminding you on what items can be recycled.
Acceptable items for recycling are #1 or #2 plastic milk jugs, drink bottles, liquid detergent, soap and bleach containers; plus aluminum and steel cans, aluminum foil, aluminum pie and roll pans, and clear, brown and green glass containers. Lids should be removed and all food and other residue should be washed out. Cardboard can be recycled and should be cut into squares no larger than 3' by 3'. Paper items such as junk mail, newspapers and inserts, office paper, magazines and telephone books can also be recycled. Beginning July 2010 these items may also be recycled: all plastic containers except #6; rigid plastics such as toys, litter boxes and bucketsl empty aerosol cans, cartons and juice boxes, flattened cardboard, aluminum, tin cans, and telephone books.
Non-acceptable items at this time are #6 plastic containers, pizza boxes, bottle caps or lids, plastic bags, shredded paper, plastic food trays and cups, ceramics, pots & pans, glassware, paper plates, napklins, batteries, light bulbs, wire hangers, clamshells or styrofoam. No hazardous or commercial medical waste may be put in the recycling containers.
Why not pizza boxes or other food containers? Foil, grease, paint, plastic or oil on food boxes or paper show up farther down the paper-making process, causing a defect that's an "oily" spot on newly formed paper. These spots don't print or glue properly and cause stains on the paper. This causes the new paper to be rejected and ultimately end up in the garbage.
The mailer also contains information about the Town's website and how to sign up for the e-newsletter, Facebook and Twitter.
While some area cities are converting to larger roll out recycling containers Matthews is unable to do this at this time due to budget restraints. If you need additional free recycling bins - call us at 704-847-3640 or click here.
We thank you for helping us keep Matthews Green!
Rethinking Recycling Brochure