Shepherdstown Recycling Program

Shepherdstown Recycling Program

Recycling Collection is on Wednesdays

Recycling can be easy and fun - just follow these simple guidelines. If you have a product or material that's not listed as recyclable, it shouldn't be included in your recycling bins; some items are more difficult to reuse than others! Waste Management of Shenandoah Valley recommends that you do your part to "pitch in" for a clean, safe environment. Beginning with a simple behavior change-- tossing recyclables into a different container from regular garbage, you can make a difference just by choosing to recycle and reducing the amount of trash you generate.

Plastics

Glass

Metal

Paper

You can include all plastic bottles designated with either PET 1 or HDPE 2 symbols.

For example:

Water, juice, soda bottles Milk jugs,Cleaning/laundry products Personal care, Fabric softeners

DO NOT INCLUDE:Polystyrene (egg cartons, meat and food trays), plastic containers used for motor oil, paint, solvents, lawn care products and chemicals, toys, bags or flower pots.

Clear, Green and Brown juice, pop and soda bottles

HOW TO PREPARE:

Labels are OK. Empty and rinse to remove residue.Be careulf to NOT break the glass.

DO NOT INCLUDE: Dishes, mugs, mirrors, window glas, light bulbs, or drinking glasses.

Aluminum beverage cans

Tin food cans

HOW TO PREPARE: Labels are OK. Empty and rinse to remove residue.

DO NOT INCLUDE: Cans used for chemicals or paints, aerosol cans, foil or scrap metals

All newspaper, including inserts

Junk mail, writing, typing and computer paper, and telephone books

HOW TO PREPARE: Place in brown paper bag or stack and tie in bundles.

DO NOT INCLUDE: Carbon paper, books, magazines or catalogs

DO NOT PLACE IN PLASTIC BAGS

Waste Management of Shenandoah Valley - (304) 267-6975 or 1-800-926-6806

PAPER and CARDBOARD: In addition, paper, magazines, and cardboard boxes can be brought to the large black cage-like container on the Southern States property. Southern States is near the railroad tracks as you leave town in the direction of Harpers Ferry.)

Please be sure to break apart all boxes to enable as much material to go into the container as possible. Please do not put papers in plastic bags, just tie them or put them in paper bags.

If the container is full, come back later when there is space for your recycled paper. Do not leave them beside the container.

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