Reminders: 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 those with 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
Packing peanuts, Styrofoam™, bubble wrap, inflatable “air pillow” packaging
Plastic bags, plastic shipping envelopes, bubble wrap, air pillows (these materials plus clean, dry plastic bags marked #2 or #4 accepted in retail plastic bag bins. plasticfilmrecycling.org)
Formed plastic packaging from items like toys and electronics
Gossy 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).

TIP: Keep a recycle bin or paper bag handy near gift unwrapping