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ACCEPTED MATERIALS

The following materials are accepted by the Hocking and Athens County Recycling Centers. Materials must be clean and sorted by type. Although not required, it is preferred that materials be put at curbside or delivered to the center in grocery bags. All area residents not served by curbside recycling may drop off separated recyclables at one of our locations.

 
 
 
Material
Instructions for Collection
Aluminum
 Aluminum beverage cans: Rinse and place in grocery sacks. Scrap aluminum (foil, pie pans, etc.) and aluminum cat food cans may also be recycled. Rinse and place in separate sacks.
Cardboard
 Brown corrugated and paper grocery sacks only. Must be flattened. Place in boxes, bags or tied bundles.
Plastics
 Some #1 and #2 plastic only. Milk jugs, pop bottles, shampoo and detergent bottles. Remove caps, rinse and place in grocery sacks. Jugs maybe stepped on to save space. No wide mouth containers (buttertubs, cottage cheese, yogurt containers), plastic bags or plastic caps. Look for recycle symbols with numbers on the bottom of containers.
Glass
 Rinse, remove caps and separate by color (clear, brown). Place in grocery sacks. Labels need not be removed. Metal caps may be recycled with steel cans.
Tin/Steel Food Cans
 Rinse and place in grocery sacks. Labels need not be removed. Lids may be recycled with cans.
White Office Paper
 Letterhead, copy paper, notebook paper, other white office paper. Remove paper clips. Staples need not be removed. Place in paper sacks.
Mixed Paper
 Most other non-glossy colored paper and envelopes, with or without windows. Place in grocery sacks. 
Paperboard
 Cereal boxes, cracker boxes, pop and beer cartons, egg cartons, paper towel rolls, etc. Remove plastic inserts. Flatten and place in grocery sacks or large paperboard box.
Newspaper
 Stack neatly in grocery sacks or bundle with twine. Do not mix with other paper. All inserts may stay in newspaper.
Magazines & Catalogs
 Place magazines and catalogs in grocery sacks.