Recycle Smart
The DOs and DON'Ts of paper recycling
How can you help improve recycling of paper in our single stream recycling system?
- Keep paper in a paper bag
- Never put paper in a plastic bag
- Shredded paper goes in a paper bag
Keep paper in a paper bag.
You can help reduce the cross contamination in your paper by placing it IN A PAPER BAG
No paper in plastic bags.
It will be considered as plastic and it WILL mess up the recycling process.
Shredded paper in paper bag
Put your shredded paper in a paper bag because otherwise shredded paper can not be recycled. Placing paper inside a paper bag helps with sorting, cross contamination and other problems.