Recyclers in East Chicago, we need your help! In order to handle more products, they need properly prepared items. These guidelines will keep your materials clean and free of contamination.
- Aluminum Cans Crushed or Uncrushed
- Empty and rinse the cans.
- Corrugated containers Corrugated boxes are the exterior packing cartons
- Do not include chipboard such as cereal and food boxes.
- Flatten all boxes.
- Glass Bottles & Jars Clear, brown and green beverage bottles and food jars
- Remove lids and rinse.
- Do not include plate glass, ceramics, light bulbs, drinking glasses or ovenware.
- Newspapers
- We accept newspapers and the inserts that come in the paper
- Magazines and phone books must be kept out.
- Plastics
- Look for the recycle symbol with a number on the bottom of the recyclable consumer liquid bottles
- We accept plastic bottles with the number 1(PETE)or 2 (HDPE).