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Recycling Policy
Every Wednesday is recycling day in Fairlington. Place your glass and plastic recyclables in the bins that are provided curbside. But please, no bags in bins--place glass and plastic directly in the bins. Also, please place paper and cardboard next to the bins, but separate from the trash.
To recycle best, follow the guidelines on this webpage or download these recycling FAQs!
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WHAT TO RECYCLE
COMMINGLE ONLY THE PAPER AND LIGHT CARDBOARD ITEMS DESCRIBED BELOW:
- Newspapers and Glossy Inserts
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Place newspapers in paper bags or tie them with twine (can be commingled with mixed paper and light cardboard).
- Remove the plastic wrapping from the glossy inserts and the plastic sleeve from the newspaper.
- Place newspapers adjacent to recycling bins.
- Do not put newspapers in plastic bags.
- Do not place loose newspapers near the curb or in recycling bins. Loose newspapers may blow away and litter the community. The recycling bins are not intended for newspapers.
- Mixed Paper and Light Cardboard
- Recycle junk mail (envelopes with and without windows), catalogs, magazines, telephone books, cereal and other similar light cardboard boxes (broken down flat with wax paper liners removed).
- Do not recycle hardcover books; wax paper items (paper cups, milk cartons, or frozen food cartons); paper/books with plastic or metal binding; or pizza boxes, tissues, napkins, or other items contaminated with food waste.
- Combine paper and light cardboard in paper bags (not plastic) and place them adjacent to recycling bins (can be commingled with newspapers and glossy inserts).
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
- Break down and flatten cardboard boxes and stack them adjacent to recycling bins.
- Keep corrugated cardboard separate from newspapers, magazines, glossy inserts, mixed paper, and light cardboard.
- Do not recycle waxed cardboard.
COMMINGLE IN THE RECYCLING BINS ONLY THE GLASS, METAL, AND PLASTIC CONTAINERS DESCRIBED BELOW:
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Aluminum Beverage and Other Metal Cans
- Rinse all food and liquids from cans (removing the labels is unnecessary).
- Do not recycle aluminum foil, pie pans, hangers, or any other type of metal.
- Glass Bottles and Jars
- Recycle clean clear, brown, and green glass.
- Remove the top from the glass containers.
- Do not recycle any other colored glass bottles or jars.
- Do not recycle light bulbs, mirrors, windows, cookware, broken glass, or anything else made of glass.
- Plastic Containers with Narrow Necks and with a Number 1 through 7 marked in the small triangle located on the bottom of the item.
Download FAQs About Recycling Plastics.
- Rinse out the plastic containers (milk jugs, soda bottles, laundry detergent jugs, etc.).
- Remove the top from the plastic container.
- Do not recycle any other plastics (including food containers such as yogurt cups or clam shell/deli containers or packing materials such as Styrofoam).
RECYCLING BINS
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Do not place plastic or paper bags in the recycling bins. Plastic or paper bags and food contamination can cause an entire batch of commingled recyclables to be rejected.
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