it is important to recycle correctly as this makes for clean collections and clean. 

Uncontaminated collections are how a good price is obtained that then sustains local recycling
and also extends the life of our County's limited Landfill space.

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STEEL AND ALUMINUM CANS

Recycle only clean, dry food and drink cans

Use a magnet to determine steel or aluminum. Steel will stick.

No need to crush or remove labels.

Places cans loosely in the bins or trailers (do not box or bag).

-Scrap metals are chemical cans, baking/pie tins and aluminum foil. Dispose at scrap metal landfill bin.

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CORRUGATED CARDBOARD

Remove any packing material - Styrofoam, plastic, metal etc. from each box and flatten all boxes

DO NOT recycle brown paper and paper shopping bags with the cardboard.

-TRASH any cardboard lined with aluminum, wax or plastic. 

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PAPER & NON-CORRUGATED CARDBOARD

Paper includes newspaper, newsprint, opened junk mail, catalogs, magazines, office paper,

school and notebook paper, tablet paper, paper bags, brown paper, non-corrugated cardboard boxes

such as pop/beer can and other dry good boxes ie. cereal, tissue, frozen food boxes. 

-TRASH your paper plates/cups, tissue and other wrapping paper, paper towels. plastic coated paper, 

and sewing tissue paper patterns. 

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PLASTIC & GLASS

At this time, plastic and glass are not recycled in Custer County.

You can take #1 and #2 plastic to Pueblo Recycle Works at 1595 Stockyard Road.

You can recycle your glass there too.

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