THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE GUIDELINES

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Green Carts		Blue Carts
Mixed Paper	Mail and envelopes (staples and plastic windows are OK), magazines and catalogues, writing and legal paper, Phone books, paperback books, Hard cover books (remove covers) greeting cards, shredded paper, colored paper, computer paper, fax paper, wrapping paper (no waxy or foil), paper bags, Post-It notes, manila paper (file holders, etc.)	Metal Cans And Scrap Metal	Foil and pie plates, Aluminum and tin cans, glass jar lids, empty steel aerosol cans, empty latex paint cans, scrap metal, wire hangers, small appliances
Newspaper	All Newspapers, ads and inserts	Plastics	All plastic bottles and jugs with the 1 or 2 symbol on the bottom.
Cardboard	Boxes, and corrugated cardboard (smooth on outside, wavy in the middle)	Glass	Clear, green, and brown glass, examples: baby food and spaghetti sauce jars, wine and beer bottles.
Thin Cardboard (chip board)	Shoeboxes, cereal boxes, pastas boxes (including window), toilet paper and paper towel rolls, gift boxes, office supply boxes, cake mix boxes, toothpaste boxes, paper egg cartons.	Drink Cartons:	Milk and juice cartons, juice boxes, creamer and cream containers.

Exceptions:
Metal: No scrap metal longer than 3 feet or heavier than 35 lbs, no aluminum aerosol cans, no oil based paint cans, no hypodermic needles.
Glass: No broken glass, no cups, dishes, glass windows, light bulbs, crystal, mirrors, ceramics or Pyrex.
Plastic: No plastic shopping bags, food wrappers, sandwich bags, Styrofoam, automobile fluid bottles, plastic bottles with the numbers 3 through 7 or plastic tubs such as yogurt butter or ice cream.
Paper: No paper towels, napkins, facial tissues, cigarette packs, candy wrappers, waxed or plastic coated paper, foil or tissue wrapping paper, refrigerated or frozen food boxes (including TV dinners and ice cream tubs).

Helpful Reminders:

• Please rinse all cans and jars, plastic caps and lids should be thrown away, no need to remove labels.
• A thin skin of dry latex paint inside the cans is acceptable.
• All paper may be place loose in the carts, no need to bundle or tie.
• Flatten all cardboard to save space in the truck.
• Plastic shopping bags may be brought back to the store and placed in a recycling bin there.

 

 

Yard Waste

Yard waste will be picked up on a seasonal schedule, every week in April and November and every other week May through October, there will be a Christmas tree collection the 1st week of January.
There several options for placing yard waste on the curb:

1. You may use the brown paper bags that are sold in hardware stores for this purpose.
2. You may use a regular 30-gallon trash barrel with a yard waste label on the side (Free yard waste stickers available at the Department of Public Works).
3. For brush that can't fit in the trash cans, or if you simply prefer, the brush may be tied in bundles 4 feet long or less and the branches should not have a diameter more than 2".  Of course the bundles have to be light enough to be easily lifted by a person since this will be manually collected.

There is no pre set limit to the amount of yard waste to put out on any given day although it should be kept to a reasonable amount.

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