DSWA Programs - Universal Recycling

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Universal Recycling

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The Governor’s Universal Recycling Bill was signed into law June 8, 2010. DSWA believes the Universal Recycling Law will significantly increase the amount of recycling participation in Delaware by requiring the municipalities and the private trash haulers to provide curbside recycling service to all of their customers by the mandated date of September 15, 2011. All trash haulers that are providing trash collection services will now collect single stream recycling from their customers at least once every two weeks. Customers will receive a recycling cart from their trash provider and by given a specific collection day.

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Listed below are the materials that should be placed in your Universal Recycling Cart. Items should be placed in loose and not in trash bags.

Newspapers/ Brown Paper Bags
Magazines/Catalogs
Telephone/Soft Cover Books
Junk Mail/Envelopes (all types)
Paper
Paperboard (cereal/tissue boxes)
Cardboard
Plastic Grocery Bags
Glass Bottles/Jars (any color)
Metal Cans (tin/steel/aluminum)

#1 PET plastic food and beverage containers.
#2 HDPE plastic food and beverage containers. No motor oil or anti-freeze containers.
- HDPE Mixed Rigid Plastics- kitty litter containers, small plastic buckets (up to 5 gallon), milk crates, small toys, and plastic trays.
#4 LDPE butter tubs, sour cream containers, and margarine tubs.
#5 Polypropylene yogurt containers, cottage cheese containers
#7 Mixed plastics various containers. Cartons and aseptic containers- juice boxes, orange juice and milk cartons.