Recycling Program

ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEAN!!

Glass

NOT ALLOWED IN BLUE BINS: Glass is accepted as drop off at Hawkeye Recycling

Acceptable: Only CLEAR glass. i.e. food jars, pop bottles, juice bottles, baby food jars, liquor bottles

Non Acceptable: COLORED glass. i.e. light bulbs, drinking glasses, baking dishes, window glass, crystal, ceramics

Plastics

Acceptable: (#1, #2)

  • Kitchen: milk jugs, soft drink, juice, liquor, water, cooking oil, dish soap, window cleaner containers.
  • Bathroom: shampoo, condition- er, mouthwash, lotion, cleaners, liquid hand soap containers. Laundry: liquid detergent, fabric softener, bleach containers. Automotive: windshield washer containers

Non Acceptable: motor oil bot- tles, antifreeze, toys, pesticides, herbicides, solvent, paint, flower pots, garden plastics, Tupperware and microwave containers, Styrofoam and polystyrene.

Metal

Acceptable: tin food cans, pop cans, aluminum food and bever- age containers.

Non Acceptable: aerosol con- tainer, paints, solvents, adhesives, gas or chemical cans, pesticides, herbicides.

Paper

Acceptable: office and computer paper, catalogs, phone books, magazines, junk mail, newsprint.

Cardboard

All corrugated cardboard must be recycled as it has been banned from the Winneshiek County Landfill and Floyd Mitchell Landfill