Our Mixed Waste Paper service allows you to recycle most of the types of paper that we recycle without sorting them, in addition to some other household paper items. We charge you for this service.
For all paper recycling, please remove: Wax-coated paper, foil or foil-coated paper, plastic or plastic-coated paper, carbon paper, photos, blueprints, paper plates, napkins, towels, or Kleenex. Please no garbage, rubber bands or plastic. Also, no metal except small paper clips and staples.
- What items does Mixed Waste include?
- What exactly is chipboard?
- What things cannot be included in Mixed Waste?
- Can I include other recyclable paper in Mixed Waste as well?
Q: What items does Mixed Waste include?
A:
- junk mail
- post-it notes
- files
- catalogs
- slick paper
- slick fax paper
- ream wrappers
- day-glo or neon colors
- envelopes with stickers or plastic windows
- some recycled paper
- packing paper
- chipboard
- tablets and tablet backs
A: Chipboard is the type of paper that is most commonly used to make shoe boxes and cereal boxes. It can be recycled with Mixed Waste. Other chipboard items include certain beverage carriers, ensure that there is no metallic embossing.
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Q: What things cannot be included in Mixed Waste?
A: Wax-coated paper, foil or foil-coated paper, plastic or plastic-coated paper, carbon paper, photos, blueprints, paper plates, napkins, towels, or Kleenex. Please no garbage, rubber bands or plastic. Also, no metal except small paper clips and staples.
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Q: Can I include other recyclable paper in Mixed Waste as well?
A: If you'd rather not sort out all of your paper, such as newspaper, telephone books, or paperback books you can include that in Mixed Waste as well. However, in this scenario you will be getting charged for material that we would otherwise accept or even pay you for. For a complete list our other paper recycling services, view the general paper page.
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