Glass, cans, and plastics (numbers 1-7) are picked up on trash day. Acceptable plastic may be mixed with unbroken glass bottles and clean aluminum and tin cans for recycling. 

Acceptable Items

• Number 1 PETE - Examples: Soda and water bottles, medicine containers, food trays that go into the oven and other common product containers.
• Number 2 HDPE - Examples: Containers that hold laundry detergents as well as milk, shampoo and motor oil, butter and yogurt tubs, cereal box liners, etc.
• Number 3 PVC - Examples: Window cleaner, shampoo and cooking oil bottles, clear food packaging.
• Number 4 LDPE - Example: Squeezable bottles.
• Number 5 PP - Examples: Tupperware, syrup and ketchup bottles, caps, etc.
• Number 6 - PS - Examples: Lids or food containers like those covering meat/veggie trays, cinnamon roll containers, cookie boxes, etc.
• Number 7 - Other - Examples: three-and five-gallon water bottles
• Excluded: Styrofoam (includes egg cartons, clam-shell containers, plates, cups and meat trays, packing peanuts, plastic films or bags, PVC pipes, CD/DVDs, coffee cup lids, straws, plastic cutlery, plastic 6-pack rings, waxed paper, waxed cardboard, coat hangers

Pickup Regulations

• Recycling must be placed in the recycling can provided by the Township.
• Bottle glass, aluminum and tin can recycling is mandatory.
• Glass: only clean and unbroken clear bottles, brown bottles, green bottles, and clear jars are acceptable. No trash, cigarettes, or food/drink residue should be in bottles. No plate glass, light bulbs, mirrors, or broken glass in recycling (put in regular trash).
• Clean aluminum and tin cans are acceptable. Cans may be flattened. Maximum size is 2 quart (1/2 gallon). Pet food cans must be well cleaned.
• Gasoline, oil, or fuel cans, or any type of aerosol or spray cans are not acceptable.
• Numbers 1 through 7 plastics may be recycled with the glass and cans.