| | ACCEPTABLE | NOT ACCEPTABLE |
| Glass | All containers that once held a liquid or food regardless of color | Window glass, ceramics, eye glasses |
| Aluminum | All aluminum cans and bottles | Foil, pie plates |
| Plastic | All plastic bottles that are coded with a #1 or #2 with a neck and a screw top | Oil containers, #1 brown plastic |
| Tin | All steel or bi-metal cans including EMPTY aerosol cans (no caps) | Aerosols once containing pesticides |
| Paper | Newspaper, magazines, junk mail, grocery bags, box board | Food contaiminated paper, wax coated paper, tissue products, diapers |
