Automated Curbside Recycling

Accepted Items

Cardboard / Paperboard

• Flattened corrugated cardboard boxes
• Boxboard and paper cartons (cereal and other dry food boxes, paper bags, paper egg cartons)
• Remove all packing materials

Paper Food Containers

• Frozen food boxes, cereal, paperboard containers
• Juice and broth boxes
• Milk and ice cream containers
• Paper egg cartons

Paper

• Clean, dry newspaper (do not bundle)
• Junk mail
• Magazines and catalogs
• Office paper
• Paperback books
• Phone books
• No shredded paper! Shredded paper may be taken to the Bowling Green Recycling Center's 24-hour drop off, but should not be recycled in your curbside bins

Mixed Plastics (Numbers 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7)

• Look on bottom of containers for a number inside the recycling arrows
• Caps on! Empty, flatten and put lids back on
• Plastic Bottles and Jars
  • Examples:
    • Milk jugs
    • Detergent and shampoo bottles
    • Plastic pop/water bottles
    • Plastic jars
• Plastic Containers with Lids
  • Examples: Yogurt Containers, Butter Tubs, Cottage Cheese Containers
• None of the following types of plastic:
  • Bulky plastics (crates, buckets, pipes, etc.)
  • Deli containers
  • Plastic "thermoform" packaging
  • Plastic bags
  • Plastic toys
  • Styrofoam
  • Takeout / "To Go" containers

Glass

• Bottles and jars only! (all colors)
• No window glass, ceramics, dishes, or mirrors

Aluminum & Steel

• Aluminum beverage cans
• Steel cans
• Please rinse and flatten to save space
• No aluminum foil/trays or scrap metal; these items may be recycled at the Bowling Green Recycling Center's 24-hour drop off location