Thursday, May 24, 2012
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One Cart Recycling Program

  One Cart Recycling

Dial 311 to sign up!

The City of Fort Wayne has improved its recycling program!  We are now accepting more plastics, and if your garbage is collected in the alley, your recycling will now be collected in the alley. 

Print & Post the following information:
Recycle Cart Do's & Don'ts
Recycling Information Sheet
Proper Cart Placement Information Sheet
2012 Recycling Collection Calendar
 
What day is my recycling & garbage picked up?

 
 Put These Items In Your Recycling Cart:

 

PLASTICS #1-#7 
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Recycle plastics #1-#7 tubs, jugs, bottles & styrofoam. Rinse & remove lids from containers. Recycle loose lids in your cart. Labels do not need to be removed. There are seven different plastic recipes (types). To identify plastic type, look on the bottom of containers for number inside recycling arrows.

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 DO NOT RECYCLE-plastic toys, hangers or plastics without numbers.

GLASS

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Recycle clear, brown, green & blue glass. Rinse containers, no need to remove labels. Remove lids & bottle caps from containers and recycle them in your cart.

DO NOT RECYCLE-window glass, mirrors, kitchen dishes, drinking glasses or ceramics.

METAL CANS / ALUMINUM FOIL / ALUMINUM FOIL PANS

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Recycle all food & beverage metal cans-steel, tin, bi-metal & aluminum. Rinse cans and recycle lids. Also, recycle clean aluminum foil & aluminum food pans.

 DO NOT RECYCLE-pots and pans or scrap metal in recycling carts. Instead, recycle at various drop-off locations around town (click here for more information).

CARDBOARD / NEWSPAPER / MAGAZINES

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Recycle cardboard, newspaper with inserts, magazines, catalogs, paperback books, phone books & brochures. Cardboard must be cut into 3 foot pieces. Avoid wedging cardboard into carts; this may causes your cart not to be completely emptied when using the automated cart system.

 DO NOT RECYCLE-hardback books or food contaminated paper.

PAPER FOOD BOXES
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Recycle paper food boxes & containers including: egg, juice, ice cream & milk cartons, cereal & pasta boxes etc. It is not necessary to remove plastic windows from boxes.

 DO NOT RECYCLE-food contaminated boxes such as greasy pizza boxes, tissue, toilet paper, napkins, paper towel or paper plates/cups.

PAPER

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Recycle envelopes, computer paper, junk mail, greeting cards, file folders & shredded paper. Remove rubber bands, metal fasteners & spiral wires. Do not need to remove windows,stamps, labels, staples or tape.

DO NOT RECYCLE-laminated materials or food contaminated paper.

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 Program Details

Yellow lid means recycling cart
Must sign up to participate
Available to Fort Wayne Households paying for garbage/recycling through the City
More convenient with no sorting of materials (all recyclables go in one cart)
Now accepting plastics #1 - #7
Curbside and alley collection is every other week
Recycling carts are 96 gallon (same size as the garbage carts)
Smaller carts (48 gallon) will be available to 1 or 2 person households
No additional costs to participate (included in your monthly trash fee on your City Utilities bill)
Recycling carts have replace the yellow and brown bins

 

 

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