Residential Recycling:

Recycling Drop-Off & Curbside Programs

Residents can take glass, newspaper, cardboard, aluminum, steel cans and #1 and #2 plastics to these drop off locations.

Please select from the following counties for locations and times:

Stark County

Tuscarawas County

Wayne County

GLASS

Most glass containers can be recycled. Bottles and jars should be rinsed thoroughly and color separated (clear, green, brown). Remove metal rings, caps or lids. It is not necessary to remove paper labels. Old glass is used to manufacture new glass containers.

Glass can be recycled again and again with no loss of quality in the new containers made with recycled glass.

Every ton of glass recycled saves the equivalent of nine gallons of fuel oil.
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NEWSPAPER

Stack newspapers in manageable bundles and tie both ways with twine, or stack inside grocery bags. You may need to remove and discard any glossy paper or magazine inserts. Old newspaper can be made into many other products such as more newsprint, insulation and cereal boxes. This saves trees and energy.

One pound of newspaper can be recycled into six cereal boxes or egg cartons.
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CARDBOARD (Corrugated Paper)

Corrugated paper has two layers of heavy cardboard with ribbed section between them. It is commonly used for heavy-duty cartons. To recycle, boxes should be flattened and bundled. Old corrugate paper is used to make new corrugated and other paperboard.
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ALUMINUM

Aluminum cans are molded without side seams and are non-magnetic. To recycle, rinse thoroughly and box or bag. Crushing is not necessary but saves space. Aluminum foil, pie pans, TV dinner trays and lawn furniture are also recyclable but need to be separated from cans because they contain different aluminum alloy.

Throwing away an aluminum beverage container wastes as much energy as filling the can half full with gasoline and pouring it out.

Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours.
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STEEL CANS

Tin-coated steel cans are used to package foods. They are magnetic and usually have a side seam. To recycle, rinse thoroughly, remove the label and both ends and flatten. Tin and steel are reclaimed from food cans.

Bi-metal cans are used for packaging beer and soft drinks. They look like aluminum cans, but they have steel sides and an aluminum top. De-tinned cans and bi-metal cars are used in steel making. The market for both types of steel cans is limited. Check with your local recycler.

For every pound of steel recycled, the energy saved would light a 60-watt light bulb for more than 26 hours.
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PLASTICS

The plastic 2-liter polyethylene terepthalate (PETE) beverage bottle is accepted by most recycling centers. These bottles are marked on the bottom with a triangle symbol with the number one in the center (#1). Rinse these containers thoroughly and remove caps. Recycled PETE plastic is used to make fiberfill stuffing, carpeting, scouring pads, clothing, rope and twine, industrial strapping and molded plastics.

Plastic milk and juice bottles and liquid detergent bottles are also recyclable. They are made of high density polyethylene plastic (HDPE) and are marked on the bottom of these containers with a triangle symbol with a number two in the center (#2). Rinse thoroughly and remove plastic caps. HDPE plastic is used to make industrial floor coverings, drums and pails, agricultural drain tile, flower pots and plastic lumber.

NOTE: After caps are removed from bottles, you can throw these caps away. They cannot be recycled with the plastic containers.
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