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Residential Curbside 'Single Stream' Recycling Services

On Jan 2, 2004, St. Joseph County households may use a single recycling bin for all their recyclable materials. The 'single stream' curbside recycling program allows for the collection of all recyclable materials; containers and paper fiber all mixed together!! This gives the hauler the option to collect all the recyclable materials together in a single compartment collection vehicle. Single stream collection allows a greater quantity of recyclable materials to be picked up at a faster collection rate. The processing technology used by our vendor successfully separates, recovers, and markets all recyclable materials collected from 'single stream' collection programs.

 

Containers:
  • Glass Bottles and Jars – green, clear, brown *No window glass, dinnerware or ceramics
  • Aluminum Cans, Trays, and Foil (trays and foil must be clean and free of all food residue)
  • Aseptic Packaging and Gable Top Containers (milk and juice cartons)
  • Steel Cans and Tins
  • PET Soda, Water, and Flavored Beverage Bottles (#1 clear and green plastic resin)
  • HDPE Milk and Juice Jugs (#2 clear plastic resin)
  • HDPE Detergent & Fabric Softener Containers (#2 colored plastic resin)
  • PVC Narrow Neck Containers Only (#3 plastic resin);

    • Such as health & beauty aid products, household cleaners.
  • LDPE Grocery Containers (#4 plastic resin);

    • Such as margarine tubs, frozen desert cups, six and 12 pack rings..
  • PP Grocery Containers (#5 plastic resin)

    • Such as yogurt cups, narrow neck syrup & ketchup bottles..
  • #7 Plastic Resin Grocery Narrow Neck Containers Only.
  • 1 to 5 gallon plastic buckets/pails: food, beverage, pet and or cleaners empty and rinsed clean.
  • Flexible plastic flower flats and small plastic bush container pots. No rigid plastic plant pots.

Please Note the Following:
  1. All containers to be emptied and rinsed clean and caps & lids removed.
  2. No motor oil, insecticide, herbicide or hazardous chemical containers.
  3. No grocery or department store plastic bags. Return to area stores, where available.
  4. No plastic film (no plastic sheets, tarps or wrap.)
  5. Expanded foam and clear polystyrene (#6 plastic resin) are not accepted items and are not recommended per joint advisory from the Illinois Recycling Association, Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs, and Region 5 US EPA.
  6. Please refer to the list of unaccepted items that should not be included with commingled containers

Paper Fiber:
  • Newspaper, including inserts (remove outer plastic sleeves)
  • Kraft (brown paper) Bags
  • Cardboard (no waxed cardboard)
  • Magazines, Catalogs, Telephone Books,Paper Back Books (no hard cover books)
  • Office, Computer, Notebook, and Gift Wrap Paper (no metal clips, spirals, binders)
  • Chipboard (cereal, cake and food mix boxes, gift boxes, etc.)
  • Carrier Stock (soda and beer can carrying cases)
  • Junk Mail and Envelopes (no plastic cards, stick on labels or unused stamps)



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