Items to be Recycled |
Accepted |
Not Accepted – Dispose |
Newspapers |
Clean Newspapers, all ads & inserts. |
Plastic bags or string, wet, moldy or dirty newspapers. |
Other Paper |
Magazines, junk mail, catalogs, phone books, |
Shredded paper, tissues, napkins, waxed paper or |
Plastic Containers |
Marked #1-#7 (excluding #6), empty soft drink, milk, laundry, bleach jugs, shampoo & household cleaner |
Containers with no #s on bottom.Styrofoam (cups, peanuts, rigid packing materials, etc.), toys, plastic |
Aluminum & Steel |
Flattened empty aluminum & steel food & beverage |
Scrap metal, cleaning fluid & poison containers, |
Glass |
Glass food & beverage containers. |
All other glass including window glass, light bulbs, mirrors, Pyrex, ceramic, porcelain drinking glasses, dishes, tableware, broken glass. |
No dumping of refuse, landscape waste, hazardous waste, tires, appliances, toys, clothing, or other waste! |
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Residential recycling only Business use prohibited |
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For more information call Ogle County Solid Waste Management 815-732-4020 |
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