County Government

Recycling Etiquette

 

 

Shown below are the rules for dropping off recycled materials for the Otsego County Recycling Drop-off Program. Each recycling program is different, so please check with your recycling location to verify material preparation requirements for other locations/programs.

Click to view the Otsego County Recycling Brochure to learn more about Otsego County's program.

•  Please rinse and flatten
•  NO juice pouches or straws

•  All numbers: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, @7 
•  Please rinse and flatten.  There's no need to remove labels
•  NO Styrofoam
•  NO motor oil jugs
•  NO toys, buckets, or durable dishes
•  NO "biodegradable" or corn-based plastics (PLA)
•  NO plastic bags.  They belong with your Paper, Boxes, and Bags.

•  All numbers: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7
•  Please rinse and flatten.  There's no need to remove labels. 
•  NO Styrofoam
•  NO durable dishes, wash tubs, buckets, etc.
•  NO "biodegradable" or corn-based plastics (PLA)
•  NO plastic bags.  They belong with your Paper, Boxes and Bags. 

•  Clear, green, brown, and blue
•  Please rinse.  There's no need to remove labels
•  NO light bulbs, window glass, or glass dishes

 

Paper, Boxes and Bags

 

 

•  Boxes from frozen and refrigerated foods are okay
•  Boxboard - like cereal boxes and paper towel cores - is okay
•  Please remove packing materials and flatten
•  NO Styrofoam
•  NO pet food bags
•  NO loose plasstic bags.  Please stuff all plastic bags into one bag and tie it shut

•  Stretch bags only
•  Clean, dry bags only
•  Please put all of the bags into one bag and tie it shut
•  Shrink wrap - like around rolls of paper towels and cases of water bottles - is okay
•  NO cling wrap (used to wrap food and cover dishes)
•  NO cereal box liners
•  NO "crunchy" plastics - cellophane, pretzel bags, potato chip bags, etc.

•  NO newspapers which have gotten wet and/or yellowed

•  Hardcover, paperback, and phone books are okay

•  Accepted at all drop sites
• Junk mail and envelopes
• Copy paper, writing paper, and file folders
• Shredded paper too  Please put it in a transparent bag
• NO construction paper or dark or bright copy paper
• NO padded, plastic, or Kraft (gold paper) envelopes

There's no need to remove

•  rubber bands
•  paper clips
•  plastic windows from envelopes
•  stickers
•  sticky notes
•  mailing labels
•  staples
•  tape