Holiday Recycling Reminder
HOLIDAY RECYCLING REMINDER
Happy Holidays! Thank you for your recycling efforts over the past year. Following are some guidelines for recycling during the holiday months and all year long:
Please DO include the following items in your paper recycling mix:
- wrapping paper, gift bags, tissue paper (except these materials w/ metallic inks, glitter, or foil)
- corrugated cardboard boxes, paperboard gift boxes
- paper shopping bags (any type of handle is okay)
- paper greeting cards (not with metallic inks, glitter, or foil; remove batteries)
- catalogs, calendars and magazines
Please DO NOT include the following items in your household recycling:
- ribbons, bows, and tinsel (reusable from year to year)
- holiday light strings (accepted in scrap metal dumpsters & WTE scrap metal, Greenfield)
- packing peanuts, Styrofoam™, bubble wrap, inflatable “air pillow” packaging (clean, dry packing materials accepted for reuse at The UPS Store in Greenfield.)
- plastic bags, plastic shipping envelopes, bubble wrap, air pillows (recycle at grocery stores along with clean, dry plastic bags marked #2 or #4 (https://nextrex.com/view/educate#materials1)
- formed plastic packaging from items like toys and electronics
- glossy photographs, paper envelopes with bubble wrap inside, ornaments, decorations
Questions? Franklin County Solid Waste Management District: info@franklincountywastedistrict.org, (413) 772-2438
More info: franklincountywastedistrict.org, springfieldmrf.org.
MA Relay for the hearing impaired: 711 or 1-800-439-2370 (TTY/TDD).
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Posted: to General Town News on Wed, Dec 11, 2024
Updated: Wed, Dec 11, 2024