"Before you know it, recycling becomes second-nature..."
Below are the types of items you can recycle in EDCO's residential curbside recycling program. Click here to download the information on this page as a PDF for easy printing. For more general info about EDCO's collection services, click here.
 Glass Bottles & Jars
Recycle all food and beverage containers—clear and colored glass. Please rinse. No need to remove labels though.
Cardboard
Flatten or cut boxes to a maximum size of 3 ft. x 3 ft. and place inside recycling cart.
Newspapers
Recycle your newspaper and everything that is delivered with it—including inserts, coupons, etc.
Cans
Recycle aluminum cans and steel cans—including clean & dry paint cans, and empty aerosol cans. Also recycle aluminum foil.
Plastic Containers
Recycle plastic bottles, jugs, and jars marked  or  , and all beverage containers labeled "CA Redemption Value" or "CA Cash Refund" including:
- Food & Beverage Containers — Milk, soda, water, salad dressings, cooking oil, etc.
- Jars & Canisters — Peanut butter jars, mayonnaise jars, aspirin bottles and 35mm film canisters.
 - Cleaning Products & Detergents — Bleach, detergent, soap, shampoo, drain cleaners, etc. (Containers must be empty.)
- Automotive & Yard Care Products — EMPTY motor oil, antifreeze, plant food and herbicide containers.
Look on the bottom of a plastic item and you should find the "chasing arrow" symbol with a number in the center like the two shown
( or ).
Mixed Paper
Recycle virtually all clean and dry paper including: writing paper (all colors), computer paper, Xerox paper, "no carbon required" (NCR) forms, catalogs, brochures, magazines, junk mail, phone books, post-it type notes, and shredded paper. EDCO accepts them all, PLUS if those items have staples, window envelopes, or even those little metal clasps on legal envelopes, they're OK, too! But, please, no large metal items like clasps on Acofastener notebooks or 3-ring binders.
You can also recycle cereal boxes and other clean food packaging, including cake boxes, flour bags, frozen dinner boxes, paper egg cartons, and soda/beer 12-pack carrying boxes. Also recycle paper grocery bags, gift boxes, shoe boxes, paper gift wrap, calendars, and core tubes from paper towels, etc.
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