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Compostable food, yard waste & some paper:
Food 
• Vegetable and fruit trimmings/peelings
• Raw, cooked or baked food leftovers
• Coffee grounds, filters, tea bags
• Solid dairy products, cheese, egg shells 
• Meat, fat, bones, fish, shellfish/shells
• Bread, rice,  pasta
• Table scraps
Cooking oil and fat•
Paper
• Paper towels
• Paper plates and cups
(no Styrofoam) 
• Paper bags (flour, sugar, pet food & potato)
• Soiled pizza boxes and fast food wrappers
• Wax paper
• Waxed cardboard
(no milk cartons) 
• Any office paper except thermal fax paper
• Non-recyclable boxboard containers with plastic liners removed (detergent boxes, frozen food boxes) 
Damp, soiled newspaper and flyers
NOTE: Some pet food bags & fast food wrappers are lined with plastic/foil and are garbage
Yard Waste
• Grass, leaves and brush 
• House and garden plant waste
• Branches (3’ x 1”) - Tied in bundles and place alongside your green cart
Excess leaf and yard waste can be placed alongside the green cart in clear plastic bags or heavy paper bags.
Other
• Sawdust and wood shavingsNote: For organic cart repair, call Waste Check at 742-1312
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Place all recyclables in a blue 2-bag system.
BAG # 1
Unsoiled Corrugated Cardboard
-flattened, bundled and tied
Newsprint, Phone Books,  Magazines, Flyers, Catalogues, Office & Computer Paper,
Egg Cartons & Box Board(cereal, cracker, tissue boxes, etc.)
Tim Horton's Coffee Cups
BAG #2
Beverage Containers
-liquor containers, pop bottles & tetra packs
Milk Containers – rinse well
Metal & Glass Food  Containers(including aluminum foil & plates)
-rinse and remove covers from jars & bottles
-do not leave lids on
Plastics –
Recyclable 1 to 7
• Plastic Bags – all sales receipts removed 
• Detergent, shampoo and cooking oil containers
• Tim Horton Cup Lids
• Crates, boxes, pails and lids
• Frozen vegetable, bread and milk bags
• Ice cream, margarine, yogurt tubs and ketchup bottles
• Non-Hazardous household cleaner containers
• Motor oil, antifreeze and windshield washer containers (drained, leave caps on)
• Pallet wrap
• Cereal box liners
Pharmaceutical Waste & Needles
Please do not place  pharmaceutical waste in your green cart, blue bag or with your regular garbage. Please check with  your local Pharmacy for safe disposal.
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The following items are placed in your garbage.
• Ashes (must be cold)
• Non-rechargeable batteries
• Empty Aerosol cans
• Plastic stretch wrap • Styrofoam, plastic dishes and cutlery, snack food bags
• Bottle caps & broken toys
• Window glass, mirrors, china drinking gasses, ceramics, light bulbs (Please wrap items to avoid injury to the refuse collector)
• Non-reusable cloth items
• Empty dry paint cans with covers removed
• Thermal fax paper, carbon paper
• Personal hygiene products
• Plasticized paper & cardboard
• Soiled disposable diapers & Kleenex
• Pet litter & animal waste
• Vacuum cleaner bags & floor sweepings
• Fabric dryer sheets & dryer lint
• Toothpaste tubes
• Wallpaper
E-Waste Program
Televisions, computers,  monitors & printers
(no broken glass)
• Telephones
• DVD & VCR players
• Wireless devices
• Personal audio/video systems, including car audio systems
• Computer scanners
• Fax machines
• Cell phones - Click the following link to find the location
www.recyclemycell.ca
Drop-Off:
Paper Chase Bottle
Exchange Ltd.
236D Water Street,Yarmouth
742-9747
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Garbage & Recycling 
