TOWN OF BEECHER

RECYCLING

The following items are banned from landfills and incinerators statewide and should be reused, recycled or composted. 

Containers

#1 and #2 plastic bottles and jars                                  Aluminum containers

Bi-metal cans                                                                Glass containers

Steel (tin) cans                                                             

Paper and Cardboard

Corrugated cardboard                                                  Newspaper/newsprint materials

Magazines, catalogs, and other similar paper                

Office paper                                                                

Yard Materials

Grass clippings                                                 Leaves

Debris & brush under 6” in diameter                            

Vehicle Items

Lead-acid vehicle batteries                                            Tires

Used oil filters                                                               Waste oils

Appliances

Air conditioners                                                            Boilers

Clothes dryers                                                              Clothes washers

Dehumidifiers                                                                Dishwashers

Freezers                                                                       Furnaces

Microwaves                                                                 Ovens

Refrigerators                                                                 Stoves

Water heaters

Electronics

Cell phones                                                                  Computer desktop, laptop, notebook

Computer monitors                                                                   tablets

Computer keyboards, mice                                           Computer scanners

Computer speakers                                                      Desktop printers (incl fax/scan)

DVD players, VCRs, DVRs, all other               External hard drives

            Video players                                                   Fax machines

Flash drives/USBs                                                        Other items that plug into a computer

Televisions

GFL requires all materials to be loose in your curbside cart. 

Cardboard – remove any shipping materials, bread down and flatten boxes.

Mixed Paper – newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, office paper, cereal and food boxes

Plastic containers-clean and empty food and beverage containers, soap bottles and just, empty pill bottles

Metal containers – clean and empty aluminum and metal food and beverage containers

NOT collected curbside – plastic and pet food bags, batteries and electronics, food, yard and pet waste, medical and household hazardous waste

All recyclables MUST be loose in the cart.  Bagged recyclables are not sorted and plastic bags get tangled in sorting equipment causing recycling to shut down. 

Are you a wish cycler?  DON’T toss questionable items in the recycling cart hoping they can somehow be recycled; Recycle only the items listed above.