Welcome to Recycle Right! This page is a resource for the important steps in recycling. Here you will find information, tips, and suggestions to ensure your recycling efforts produce the maximum good and prevent contamination of recyclables.
Plastics
SEIRD provides recycling services for empty plastic bottles and jug-shaped containers made from #1 and #2 plastics. Additionally, many recycling centers accept #5 plastics, such as containers for cottage cheese, yogurt, and sour cream.
To ensure proper recycling, it is crucial to sort these items correctly to avoid contaminating the recyclables. To identify the recyclable type, look for the recycling symbol, usually found on the bottom of your container. The number inside this symbol indicates the specific type of plastic an item is made out of.
#1 Plastics
#1 Plastics are PETE plastics. This includes bottles and jug-shaped containers such as water bottles and soda bottles.
#2 Plastics
#2 Plastics are HDPE jugs and bottles. This includes detergent bottles, milk jugs, and bleach containers.
#5 Plastics
#5 Plastics include yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese containers, etc.
Did you know?
Plastic bottles are the most recycled plastic product in the United States as of 2015, according to our most recent report. Recycling just 10 plastic bottles saves enough energy to power a laptop for more than 25 hours.
Fiber & Cardboard
This includes: junk mail, office paper, newspapers, magazines, paper tubes, clean, dried and flattened cardboard, and softback books. We also recycle hardback books.
Did you know?
Recycling one ton of office paper can save the energy equivalent of consuming 322 gallons of gasoline?
Glass
SEIRD accepts glass food and cosmetic jars and bottles for recycling.
Glass is sorted by colored glass and clear glass at our recycling centers.
Metal Cans
SEIRD accepts both aluminum and steel cans at all recycling centers.
Steel/Tin Cans
Steel and tin cans include food, soup, and vegetable cans.
Aluminum Cans
Aluminum Cans includes soft drink and beer cans.
Did you know?
Recycling just one ton of aluminum cans conserves more than 152 million Btu, the equivalent of 1,024 gallons of gasoline or 21 barrels of oil consumed.