Recycling Information

Recycling Information

Here is a list of acceptable recycling items:

  • Newspapers (Including Inserts)
  • Mixed Paper
  • Phones Books
  • Steel or Tin Cans
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Plastic Milk Jugs
  • Corrugated Cardboard (Flattened)
  • Chipboard (Cereal and Tissue Boxes)
  • Plastic #2 Natural Plastic
  • Empty Aerosol Cans
  • Pie Tins
  • Magazines
  • Office Paper
  • Brown Paper Bags
  • Aluminum (Do Not Crush)
  • Bulk or Junk Mail

Here are some more helpful hints when deciding whether you can recycle the item:

Plastics:

Only recycle plastic #2 Natural bottles. Please remove all lids on containers and rinse them out.
Here are some examples of plastic bottles that are okay to recycle:
  • Soda, water, and juice bottles
  • Liquid detergent and other cleaning supply bottles
  • Condiment bottles (ketchup, mustard, etc)
  • Milk jugs and orange juice jugs (no paper cartons)
  • Shampoo bottles and liquid soap dispensers
  • Peanut butter jars (please rinse out)
  • Butter and Yogurt tubs
Bunch of Plastic Bottles — Recycling in Crook, CO
Used Aerosol and Hair Spray Cans — Recycling in Crook, CO

Steel:

Please make sure any aerosol cans are totally empty. This would include containers such as shaving cream and hairspray cans. Labels are okay.

Cardboard:

Make sure to flatten cardboard. No wax-lined cardboard is accepted in the recycling mix.
Used Cardboards — Recycling in Crook, CO
Brown Paper Bags — Recycling in Crook, CO

Brown Paper Bags:

NO PLASTIC BAGS

Chip Or Paperboard

This type of material includes items such as:
  • Cereal boxes
  • Soda Carrier boxes
  • Tissue holders
  • Other food boxes such as popcorn or microwave food boxes (not the cooking sleeves)
  • Paper egg cartons are okay
  • Paper towel and toilet paper tubes
Carrier Boxes — Recycling in Crook, CO
Used Newspapers — Recycling in Crook, CO

Newspaper

We accept the entire newspaper including the inserts and ads.

Office Paper:

All types of office paper are accepted. If you can tear it, we can take it. All office paper shredded or not must be bagged. It is easier for us to sort. Don't worry about staples, tape, and sticky notes. These are all okay in the mix. NO TYVEK (polyethylene fiber) plastic. No padded envelopes (bubble packaging).
Old Office Documents or Papers — Recycling in Crook, CO
Junk mails — Recycling in Crook, CO

Bulk Or Junk Mail:

This material is okay as well. Do not worry about any stamps or staples or sticky notes in this material, either. Remember, if you can tear it, we can take it. Again, NO TYVEK (polyethylene fiber) plastic, or over-night mailing folders.

Magazines, Catalogs, Phone Books:

Please discard plastic bags around these items and items such as CDs and magnets. Everything else is okay.
Bunch of magazines — Recycling in Crook, CO

ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED:

  • NO PLASTIC BAGS
  • NO "to go" plastic containers
  • NO plastic egg cartons
  • NO plastic plates, forks, spoons or knives
  • NO six pack holders
  • NO plastic syringes
  • NO Styrofoam
  • NO CD's or Video tapes
  • NO Plastic fruit Containers
  • NO Oil Jugs
  • NO Chemical Container
WE ACCEPT USED MOTOR OIL AND BATTERIES. PLEASE CALL AND SCHEDULE A PICKUP.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY HAZARDOUS OR BIO-HAZARDOUS WASTE PRODUCTS SUCH AS NEEDLES AND SYRINGES.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY CERAMICS OR PYREX CONTAINERS ALONG WITH NO WINDSHIELD GLASS.
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