Waste & Recycling

Home Waste & Recycling

Transfer Station

When a holiday falls on a transfer site day the Transfer Site will be open the following day at the regular hours.

Clean—give them a quick rinse
Empty—do not place one recyclable inside another, they need to be separate in order to go through the sorting process correctly; liquids in containers can prevent them from being blown to the right conveyor belt
Loose & Unbagged—place recyclables loose in the bin; we cannot process them if they are bagged!
Food-Free—remove ALL food
Caps and Labels are OK—attached lids have a better chance of being recycled
Separate Materials—remove metal lids from glass bottles, remove plastic lining from cardboard boxes, keep different materials separate
Flatten Cardboard
Do Not Flatten Containers—keep them round so our machines can process them
Size—our machines can process materials larger than 2” x 2” and smaller than 2’ x 2’

Aerosol Cans—must be empty
Aseptic Cartons—liquid food packaging
Bulky Plastic & Toys—kid’s toys, garden plastics, baskets, pails, buckets
Cardboard—flattened and dry
Cartons—milk, juice, soy, drink boxes
Freezer Paperboard—ice cream and frozen-food containers
Glass Containers—all colors
Metal & Aluminum—cans, foil, trays
Paper—newspaper, office paper, magazines, books, phone books, brown paper bags
Pizza Boxes—no pizza! cut out the greasy circle if you can
Plastic Containers—all types, even unmarked, including clam shell containers
Plastic Film—grocery bags, bread bags, kitchen shrink wrap, bubble wrap, Visqueen
Scrap Metal
Small Appliances—including toaster ovens
Styrofoam—egg cartons, styrofoam cups, packaging styrofoam (but not peanuts); see details below under Advanced Recycling

Batteries—batteries of all types are not accepted; lithium batteries are extremely dangerous in
recycling centers and recycling and garbage trucks
CDs & DVDs
Chip Bags—foil-lined plastic like chip bags and candy wrappers can’t be recycled because the foil cannot be separated from the plastic
Clothing
Cork
Diapers—diapers are not recyclable
Fluids—fluids are not accepted, including automotive and cleaning
Foam—foam wrap, polyurethane foam, memory foam, latex foam, foams used inside cushions and mattresses
Glass—mirrors, tv/monitor glass, window glass
Light Bulbs—fluorescent, tubes, CFLs, LEDs, any type
Hazardous Waste & Solvents
Marine Shrink Wrap
Medications
Mixed Materials—paper mailing envelopes lined with plastic bubble wrap cannot be recycled because they different materials cannot be separated
Packing Peanuts—because they make a terrible mess
Paint—latex and oil-based paints and stains
Propane Tanks
Rubber
Sharp and Dangerous Items—real people sort your recyclables, so please, no needles, sharp scrap metal, or other pointy or dangerous objects

Transfer Station Will No Longer Be Excepting Any Tires Passed at Board Meeting November 12, 2025 Crawford County Has Tire Clean-Up Yearly