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What and How does Enfield Recycle?


Link to: http://www.crra.org/pages/member_towns_recycling_table.htm


              http://www.freecycle.org/group/US/Connecticut/Enfield

               http://www.epa.gov/composting/by_compost.htm

http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2714&q=324882&depNav_GID=1645&depNav=|

To prepare items for recycling:

  • Place newspapers in a brown paper shopping bag or tie them in a bundle with cotton or fiber twine. Do not include newspapers contaminated with food waste, paper towels or food wrappers.
  • Our town collects mixed paper -- such as junk mail, computer printer paper, magazines and catalogs -- simply place that material in the bag or bundle with your newspapers. Punch out clear plastic or glassine windows from envelopes. Shred any paper with personal information such as your name, account numbers, date of birth or other information to prevent identity theft.
  • To recycle boxboard (sometimes referred to as chipboard), such as shoe boxes, cereal boxes and pasta boxes, remove plastic or wax-paper liners from cereal boxes and remove plastic windows from pasta boxes. Flatten these items and include them in the same bag or bundle as your newspapers and mixed paper. Do not include wax- or plastic-coated cardboard.
  • Rinse aseptic packages such as juice boxes and milk cartons and remove straws if any.
  • Cut corrugated cardboard into small sections and bundle with cotton or fiber twine.
  • Rinse glass, aluminum, steel and plastic cans, jars, bottles and food trays. Labels don't need to be removed. Do not include containers of motor oil, antifreeze or other automotive fluids, paint cans or medicine bottles.
  • Do not include light bulbs, toys, pots and pans, window glass, dishes and other ceramic items, coat hangers, flower pots or plastic bags.
  • Consider redeeming your deposit bottles and cans

 

Unacceptable Curbside Recyclable Items

 

  • Plastic bags (even if they have a “1” or “2”)- drop off at grocery or department store.
  • Plastic, clay or porcelain flower pots and flats (even if they have a “1” or “2”)
  • Antifreeze, motor oil, and pesticide containers (even if marked with a “1” or “2”)
  • Paint Cans
  • Aerosol Cans that contained paint or solvent based hazardous material
  • Mirror or auto glass
  • Ceramic plates and cups
  • Drinking glasses and Pyrex containers
  • Crystal
  • Clothes hangers – Return to cleaner.
  • Light bulbs: Incandescent – Dispose as weekly refuse. Fluorescent tubes or compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL’S) must be brought to Electronics or Hazardous waste collections
  • Pizza boxes (even if corrugated - too much grease and cheese!) Frozen pizza boxes are OK.
  • Foiled beverage cartons or other foiled boxboard
  • Books ( Hardcover)
  • Telephone books – Transfer Station Drop of box
  • Spiral bound notebooks – Remove spiral and recycle paper
  • Automotive Batteries – See Monthly Oil And Battery Collection
  • Motor Oil - See Monthly Oil And Battery Collection
  • Rechargeable Batteries are a state-mandated recyclable item. Some electronics retail outlets will take and recycle these batteries. Please check your local phonebook or the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation, www.rbrc.org for recycling locations. Currently there are more than 20 drop off locations within a driveable distance of Enfield. 

Remember to reduce, reuse and recycle! Please do not use the recycling bin for refuse.