Recycling Materials Collected

Table of Contents

• What Materials Will Be Collected For Recycling?
• What Materials Will Not Be Collected For Recycling?

What Materials Will Be Collected For Recycling?

Each residence is issued two (2) containers to be used for recycling: one for paper, cardboard, and fiberboard (cereal boxes), another for commingled materials (cans, glass, plastic, etc.).

First Bin:  PAPER

• Newspaper, Junk Mail, Shopping Ads, Windowed Envelopes, Magazines
• Office and Computer Paper - All Colors
• Phone Books, Greeting Cards and Brown Paper Bags
• Fiberboard (Cereal, Cracker, Frozen Food and Soda Boxes)
• Cardboard
  • Must be broken down and placed in your blue, paper recycle bin.  Remember, they must be loose fitting in the bin and they may not extend over the top of the bin more than six inches.
  • For large amounts of cardboard, please use drop-off sites located at the following locations:
    • GT Bray Park, 59th St. West in Bradenton
    • Braden River Park, 5201 51st. Street East in Bradenton
    • Blackstone Park, 14th Ave. West in Palmetto
    • Lakewood Ranch Park, 5500 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. in Bradenton

Second Container:  COMMINGLED

• Glass Bottles and Jars:  all colors of glass accepted
  
• Aluminum and Steel Cans (Soup and Vegetable)
  
• Steel Jar Lids
• Clean Aluminum Foil and Pie Pans (non-food stained)
• Empty Aerosol Cans
• Milk and Juice Cartons
• Plastics # 1-7
  • This is any plastic container with a numbered triangle on the container.

Learn more about Plastics # 1-7 and see what they get recycled into!
 
**Please make sure all items are rinsed out properly.  No plastic bags or styrofoam accepted in recycle bins.
 

Please Recycle!
Manatee County encourages all residents to participate in our recycling programs.
 

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What Materials Will Not Be Collected For Recycling?

The following household items will not be accepted for recycling at this time.  Please do not place any of these items in your recycling bins, as this could result in the waste hauler not picking them up on your scheduled collection day.

Unacceptable Items for the PAPER Recycling Bin:

• Food wrap, gift wrap, paper mixed with food or wax, paper plates, cups or napkins, paper towels, greasy pizza boxes, tissues or tissue paper

Unacceptable Items for the COMMINGLE Recycling Bin:

• Glass Items:  Ceramics and dishes, coffee pots, crystal, drinking glasses, eyeglasses, light bulbs, mirrors, plate glass, vases and pottery, windows, windshields
• Metal Items:  Food stained aluminum foil and aluminum pie pans, aluminum siding, appliances, auto parts, deli trays, kitchen utensils, lawn furniture, machines, metal building materials, paint cans, tin roofs, tools, or window frames
• Plastic Items:  Any items that do not have #1 through #7 stamped in the recycling symbol on the bottom of the container, including, but not limited to:  cellophane, clothes hangers, diapers, lawn furniture, plastic bags (recycle at the grocery store), PVC, toxic materials, or plastic toys.  (Even though plastic bags and styrofoam have a recycling triangle symbol with a number, we do not accept them in our curbside recycling program - Please find an alternative method to recycle these items.)
  

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