Items accepted locally for recycling ⢠Metal food and drink cans ⢠#1 â #7 plastics ⢠Glass bottles and jars ⢠Paper and cardboard, including boxes, empty toilet paper and paper towel tubes, junk mail, newspaper, magazines, catalogs, printer paper, and school papers ⢠Household batteries â Place standard, rechargeable, and button batteries in the special drop-off box. Please do not leave car batteries or PowerWheel batteries. Prepare recyclable items correctly Food and drink containers should be emptied and rinsed. Make sure that paper products are clean and dry (no greasy pizza boxes!). Flatten boxes before recycling to save space in bins and carts. Caps should be placed back onto recycled plastic items or thrown into the trash.