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Corrugated
Cardboard
- Fold, flatten or cut into bundles no larger than
2'x2'x3', tie securely and place next to or under
your bin.
- Discard packing material and badly stained items.
Remove all food, cellophane and liners. NO milk cartons,
drink boxes or books.
- Bring cardboard to the drop-off center "as
is" (no need to cut, flatten or bundle).
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Paperboard
and Brown Paper Grocery Bags
- Flatten shoe boxes, cereal boxes, tissue boxes,
etc. and stuff tightly in biggest paperboard box.
- OK to mix with kraft paper bags.
- Sorry, we can't recycle plastic bags.
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Magazines,
Catalogues, Newspapers, Glossy Advertisements &
All Inserts
- Mix your magazines and catalogues with newspapers,
glossy advertisements and all inserts. Tie them
with string or place in a brown paper bag (NO plastic
bags). NO JUNK MAIL.
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Telephone
Books
- Place loose in the recycling bin.
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Household
Batteries
- Place in a clear plastic bag inside bin.
- NO automotive batteries inside bin. (Take to drop-off
center).
- These are properly disposed in a hazardous waste
landfill.
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Plastic
Jugs & Bottles
- ONLY narrow-neck bottles marked 1 or 2 on bottom.
- NO tubs, trays or buckets.
- NO caps.
- Rinse out.
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Glass
Bottles & Jars
- CLEAR AND BROWN glass only.
- NO ceramics, mirrors, coffee cups, plates or window
glass.
- Rinse out.
- Lids can be put back on glass bottles.
- Sorry, we no longer have an outlet for green or
blue bottles.
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Metal
- Cans, pie tins, metal lids, aluminum trays, metal
clothes hangers, pots & pans, toasters, faucets,
silverware, pipe and other small metal items.
- If it fits in the bin, put it in!
- Place loose metal lids inside cans and bend so that
lids don't fall out.
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Paint & Aerosol Cans
- Must be empty.
- Recycle metal lids. NO plastic lids.
- Do not puncture aerosols or remove ends.
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Curbside
Recycling
Electronics Recycling
Household Hazardous
Drop Off Center
FREE
SOCRRA RECYCLING DROP-OFF CENTER
See
Map
Materials
accepted at the Drop-off Center:
All curbside items listed to the left PLUS:
- Automotive Batteries
- ffice Paper (Mix together white, computer bar (green
& blue) and colored paper.
- Paperback books (Keep separate).
- Hardcover books (Keep separate).
- Unbundled, unflattened cardboard.
Paints,
garden chemicals, automotive products, oils, household
cleaners, solvents, insulin syringes, fluorescent light
bulbs, and other hazardous materials from homes (NOT businesses)
accepted.
By Appointment Only!
Call: (248) 288-5153
ONLY
for residents of: Berkley, Beverly Hills, Birmingham,
Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Lathrup
Village,
Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak and Troy.
Questions?
Telephone your local Public Works Office or SOCRRA at
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